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Bryan J. Smith
b.j.smith at ieee.org
Mon Apr 17 01:33:25 UTC 2006
On Sun, 2006-04-16 at 17:36 +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> That's an "issue" if that's the case.
It is the case. NDIS is object code and it's linked to the GPL code.
No different than how Atheros does its WLAN module either.
> Now, I think you misunderstand how this stuff works because really
> nobody is so stupid to do static linking to GPL stuff with non-GPL
> stuff;
Linus has stated, on the LKML, with regards to the Atheros module and
others. I'll find the link for you.
> that's the part where your lawyer will yell at you for being a
> total idiot.
Be careful with that assertion.
> With dynamic linking it gets a bit of a gray area (is it
> "derived" if you dynamic link? Is it still independent enough to be able
> to ship it in one work? That's where you have to consult your lawyer to
> get any meaningful answer, which may even vary per jurisdiction :)
If the non-GPL code was written for _another_OS_, how can it be a
"derived work"? That's basically what Linus said.
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