Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 1 Nov 2001 00:10:54 +0000 | From | Jamie Lokier <> | Subject | Re: [OT] Module Licensing? |
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Larry McVoy wrote: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 11:47:07PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote: > > But if you take that strict interpretation, you have _no_ right to copy > > or distribute the object module anyway, except as granted by the license > > on the accompanying source code. > > Right you are, but this is trivial to circumvent if you are trying to ship > a binary driver. The binary doesn't have GPLed code, you are shipping two > things which are not combined when they were shipped, the end user combines > them when running them.
Indeed, the very old, never resolved, "user does the link" argument again.
I honestly don't know what a court of law would decide on that. It may well be different in different jurisdictions.
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