Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 28 Oct 2005 11:30:00 -0500 | From | Mark Jenkins <> | Subject | Is sharpzdc_cs.o not a derivitive work of Linux? |
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Hello Linux developers,
Sharp Electronics Corporation manufactures a series of handheld computers called the Zaurus. The new ones run Linux.
Sharp sells a digital camera, the CE-AG06 that works with the SL-5500, SL-5600 and SL-6000. To use this camera, a Linux module sharpzdc_cs.o is required.
There are several copies of the Linux Zaurus source on the web; none of them contain the source code for this module. I am attempting to use the official source code offer that came with the device instead of the web copies. When I do manage to get Sharp to do this, I anticipate they will not include the source for this particular module.
Sharp distributes sharpzdc_cs.o in the Zaurus ROM image alongside Linux.
You can look at the module here: http://oz.pdai.org/mirror/camera-modules-2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix.tar.bz2
I have read, http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/COPYING.modules Summary: A Linux module is a derivative work unless a strong case is made otherwise.
I would like to know if this is one of those exception cases. That is why I used the word 'not' in the subject line.
Is sharpzdc_cs.o *not* a derivative work of Linux?
Mark Jenkins umjenki5@cc.umanitoba.ca
Appendix A sharpzdc_cs.o is dynamically linked against the following functions and variables:
Symbol Location -------------------------------------------- CardServices drivers/pcmcia/cs.c kmalloc mm/slab.c __memzero arch/arm/lib/memzero.S kfree mm/slab.c memset arch/arm/lib/memset.S memcpy arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S __release_region kernel/resource.c sprintf lib/vsprintf.c printk kernel/printk.c ioport_resource kernel/resource.c udelay arch/arm/lib/delay.S mod_timer kernel/resource.c jiffies kernel/timer.c register_chrdev fs/devices.c register_pccard_driver drivers/pcmcia/ds.c unregister_pccard_driver drivers/pcmcia/ds.c unregister_chrdev fs/devices.c del_timer kernel/timer.c
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