Messages in this thread | | | From | Ross Vandegrift <> | Date | Tue, 19 Nov 2002 23:26:24 -0500 | Subject | Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules |
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On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:59:26AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > You can copyright songs, but not individual musical notes. > > Likewise, snippets of code aren't copyrightable if they're below > a certain "triviality size".
I don't pretend to be current on all the issues involved, but I've always been under the impression that Linus has insisted that binary-only drivers aren't derived works, with respect to the GPL.
If someone is worried they are, make all future headers state it explicitly:
"Including this header in a Linux kernel module shall not be construed to constitute a derived work."
-- Ross Vandegrift ross@willow.seitz.com
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