Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 9 Sep 2003 08:50:24 +0100 | From | Dave Jones <> | Subject | Re: New ATI FireGL driver supports 2.6 kernel |
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On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 02:02:25AM +0100, Alan Cox wrote:
> > Linking GPL code to binary .o files, and then disabling the > > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") smells pretty fishy to me. > > If all the code they include is their own then they could have dual > licensed it. If not and they are modifying core kernel code to add hooks > for their code they aren't likely to get past the preliminary arguments > about a GPL violation and it being a derivative work.
For one it links in the GPL'd nvidia GART module.
Dave
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