Messages in this thread | | | From | Giuseppe Bilotta <> | Subject | RE: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers | Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:46:15 +0100 |
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On Saturday 17 February 2007 03:42, David Schwartz wrote:
> Again, see Lexmark v. Static Controls. If "make a toner cartridge that works > with a particular Lexmark printer" is a functional idea, why is "make a > graphics driver that works with a particular Linux kernel" not? What is the > difference you think matters?
That you cannot build such modules without integrating parts of actual Linux kernel code (via #includes etc), whereas you can build compatible toner cartridges without using any original component.
-- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta
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