Re: DRM drivers with closed source user-space: WAS [Patch 0/3]Resubmit VIA Chrome9 DRM via_chrome9 for upstream

From: Alan Cox
Date: Mon Jul 20 2009 - 10:52:07 EST


> * fully functional GPL user-space driver.
>
> How can you argue that something as tailor made as a DRM interface can
> be used without it being a derived work?

Our prior policy has been to reject such stuff (both the Intel wireless
driver regulatory daemon and the GMX driver)

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