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SubjectRe: more files with licenses that aren't GPL-compatible
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On Jun 16, 2004, at 19:47, Wichmann, Mats D wrote:
> Please keep distinct "ship with" in the sense of /inside/ the
> kernel and "ship with" in the sense of on the same distribution
> media. The GPL also has explicit wording for the latter
> (you've already been quoted the words on the former):

Well the firmware is compiled to bytes within the _same_file_ as
the rest of the kernel. That would match the usage of "inside" the
kernel. Even if it's just a file with firmware bytes distributed in the
same tar file it's still very iffy.

> "In addition, mere aggregation of another work not based on the
> Program with the Program (or with a work based on the Program)
> on a volume of a storage or distribution medium does not bring
> the other work under the scope of this License. "

But we're not talking about an instance of aggregation here, this
is a derivative work.

Cheers,
Kyle Moffett

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