Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?

[Thierry Vignaud]

"Ihar 'Philips' Filipau" <filia@xxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

>    GPL is about distribution.
> 
>    e.g. NVidia can distribute .o file (with whatever license they have
> to) and nvidia.{c,h} files (even under GPL license).
>    Then install.sh may do on behalf of user "gcc nvidia.c blob.o -o
> nvidia.ko". Resulting module are not going to be distributed - it is
> already at hand of end-user. So no violation of GPL whatsoever.
> 
>    Licensing is least technical issue regarding modules.
>    But sure I would like to have open source drivers - at least then I
> have chance to clean them up ;-)))

offtopic anyway since nvidia already provide prebuild binaries for
linux at http://www.nvidia.com/object/linux.html ...

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