Re: Interesting Tidbit: The Midas XL8 uses Linux

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On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 13:08 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 13:15 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > On Sat, 2006-06-10 at 08:01 -0500, Jan Depner wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 22:33 -0400, Lee Revell wrote:
> > > > On Fri, 2006-06-09 at 22:12 -0400, M P Smoak wrote:
> > > > > So a company that wanted to have a proprietary connection to linux
> > > > > could write an open source blob and a closed connection to the blob
> > > > > for their closed hardware/software?  ie linux remains useable for
> > > > > companies.
> > > > > 
> > > > 
> > > > Not if the closed part was specifically developed to run on Linux.  The
> > > > key is whether it's a "derived work" as far as copyright law is
> > > > concerned or not.
> > > > 
> > > 
> > >     You can develop a closed package to specifically run on Linux.  It
> > > is not in violation of the GPL.  This is the old Micr$oft "GPL is a
> > > cancer" FUD.  What you can't do is use GPL code in a closed application.
> > > 
> > 
> > I am talking about KERNEL DRIVERS.  Please re-read the thread.  Of
> > course you can develop a closed USERSPACE package.
> > 
> > The kernel is GPL.  Drivers are part of the kernel.  Therefore you
> > cannot develop a closed source kernel driver.
> > 
> 
>     What would you call the NVIDIA driver?
> 
> 

Nvidia driver is a special case - it is not a derived work of the kernel
because they use the same binary blob the Windows driver uses.

I covered this earlier in the thread.

Lee


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