Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | 20 Nov 2002 14:21:14 +0000 |
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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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