On 20 Nov 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 04:26, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:59:26AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > You can copyright songs, but not individual musical notes.
> > >
> > > Likewise, snippets of code aren't copyrightable if they're below
> > > a certain "triviality size".
> >
> > I don't pretend to be current on all the issues involved, but I've
> > always been under the impression that Linus has insisted that
> > binary-only drivers aren't derived works, with respect to the GPL.
>
> Linus has said much the reverse if you look back. Being a module doesnt
> make it not a derivative work. In some ways thats not even directly
> relevant
The double negative unwrapped:
"Being a module doesnt make it not a derivative work."
'Being a module does (not) make it not a derivative work.'
'Being a module does (not) make it (not) a derivative work.'
'Being a module does make it a derivative work.'
Is this the intent of the statement?
Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group
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