Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

From: Alan Cox
Date: Sun Mar 27 2005 - 10:09:08 EST


On Sad, 2005-03-26 at 20:34, Lee Revell wrote:
> > What ever gave you the impression that it was legal to create a
> > "Proprietry" kernel driver for Linux in the first place.
>
> The fact that Nvidia and ATI get away with it?

The choose to take a risk based upon a specific interpretation of the
boundary of a derivative work. Since the boundary is untested in law its
not certain who is right.

Alan

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