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    SubjectRe: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers
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    On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 18:36 -0600, Scott Preece wrote:
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    > Note that it is possible that what vj said is strictly true. IF the
    > product they ship is non-modifiable, then it's hard to argue that
    > anyone else could maintain it. And if the drivers are for devices

    The GPL has no special handling for that case.

    > proprietary to their hardware, then they have no real value to anyone
    > else. And the drivers MIGHT contain information useful to their actual
    > competitors. I have no knowledge as to whether those conditions

    And that may a (BTW invalid) reason for lots of companies but you
    probably won't find an exception in the GPLv2 for this.
    And if you infringe on others' patents, you should probably look
    elsewhere for a solution of that problem.

    > actually apply.

    Bernd
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