Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:09:40 +0100 (MET) | From | Jan Engelhardt <> | Subject | Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers |
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On Feb 15 2007 18:43, Neil Brown wrote:
>> > We seem to have different definitions of open and closed. >> >> Open = 3rd party Linux drivers can be loaded. Closed = No third party >> Linux drivers can be loaded. > >Loading a driver is not at issue. Anyone may load a driver.
And, after all, because loading is not distribution, you may rip out export_symbol_gpl and use sysfs directly. It does not make legal things any safer though, I'd say [ianal].
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