Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:36:45 -0500 | From | "Dave Neuer" <> | Subject | Re: Binary Drivers |
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On 12/21/06, Tomas Carnecky <tom@dbservice.com> wrote: > James Porter wrote: > > I'm pretty sure Linus has decided, basically he said the patches to > > prevent non-gpl binary drivers are not going into his tree unless every > > other tree adopts it. Of course the few supporting won't get off their > > high horse and try it on a different tree. > > .. unfortunately, that doesn't make the legal status any clearer.
Well, FWIW, neither does some "decision" from the kernel authors; it hinges on what is and what is not a derived work of the kernel, and the only parties whose opinion matters here (the courts in the various jurisdictions) haven't ruled on that yet, and won't until such time as a copyright holder in the kernel sues someone for copyright infringement.
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