Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:53:08 +1030 | | From | David Newall <> | | Subject | Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprietary driver. |
Chris Friesen wrote:
> If you sit down and write a new driver for linux, is is arguable that
> it is in fact a derivative work of the kernel and is thus subject to
> the GPL.
This is essentially the argument that SCO used when they sued IBM over
IBM's printing technology.
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