Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

[Jon K Hellan]

Xavier Bestel wrote:
> On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 21:48 -0800, v j wrote:
> > We only get crap because no one here yet knows how to interpret
> > proprietary modules loaded into the kernel.
>
> The proprietary modules where only a tiny wrapper is linux-specific and
> the rest is cross-platform are in a grey area, yes.
> But your modules, written specifically for linux but distributed as
> binary-only, are specifically what the people choosing the GPL want to
> avoid. They are a derivative work, and are, as such, illegal under the
> GPL.

If they are a derivative work, they are illegal under the GPL. However, 
it is not clear that their being written specifically *for* Linux is 
sufficient to make them derivative works *of* Linux.

Jon Kåre
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