Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Nov 2005 09:39:34 -0700 | From | "Jeffrey V. Merkey" <> | Subject | Re: Would I be violating the GPL? |
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David Schwartz wrote:
>>If you even take 2 minutes to actually inspect the NVIDIA video >>driver sources >>(extract the .run file with --extract-only, and cd to usr/src/nv) >>you'll find >>the "glue" which is provided as source, but not under the GPL, >>does indeed >>#include kernel headers at compile time. >> >>It does not distribute them, however, but it is completely nonsensical to >>class this as having "no dependency". It has a compile time and runtime >>dependency on the current kernel. What driver wouldn't? >> >> > > If I write source code that includes "stdio.h", I can do whatever I want >with that source code, and I'm not bound by the license of any particular >file that happens to be called "stdio.h". On the other hand, if I compile >that source code including *your* "stdio.h" file, the resulting compiled >output is likely a derived work of your file. > > So the source code is not a derivative work of any GPL'd files. The >compiled driver may be, precisely because it contains bits and pieces of the >header files. > > DS > > > > > Correct.
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