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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
    > doesn't mean it's derived from Linux.  In the case of user-space code
    > it's widely understood that no licence restrictions are conferred. The

    Actually that is also questionable. The only reason it is fairly certain
    in Linux is Linus went to the trouble of stating that interpretation was
    intended in the COPYING file and saying he sees it that way.

    > No. Holders of Linux copyrights would have to prove that the
    > proprietary code is derived from the kernel. They have the burden of
    > proof, and defence needs merely show that their arguments are wrong.

    Wrong again. In civil law in the USA and most of europe the test is
    "balance of probability".

    Alan


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