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SubjectRe: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
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On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 04:26, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> 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.

Linus has said much the reverse if you look back. Being a module doesnt
make it not a derivative work. In some ways thats not even directly
relevant

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