Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprietary driver.

From: David Newall
Date: Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:23:22 EST


Chris Friesen wrote:
> If you sit down and write a new driver for linux, is is arguable that
> it is in fact a derivative work of the kernel and is thus subject to
> the GPL.

This is essentially the argument that SCO used when they sued IBM over
IBM's printing technology.
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