Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 18 Aug 2006 00:45:13 +0100 | From | Ian Stirling <> | Subject | Re: GPL Violation? |
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David Woodhouse wrote: <snip> > So when you distribute a product which combines the kernel and some > driver module, and which isn't 'mere aggregation on a storage medium' > but is actually a coherent whole which works together and wouldn't > function correctly if either the kernel or the module were missing, then > your module _must_ be released under the terms of the GPL too.
'function correctly' ?
As what?
I've bought a number of devices that I know will not have all the advertised features available to me, because I install a different version of linux on them.
It functions correctly, as delivered.
With the appropriate disclaimers on the box, it cannot function incorrectly, as you will know that the thumb-print reader won't work if you upgrade the kernel, and if you intend to do so, you don't buy.
I've got a number of wireless routers that I don't have working drivers for the wifi cards, happily wired into my network doing things that they were not intended for, but they are functioning 'correctly' as I see it. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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