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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 10:57:58 -0800 (PST)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
cc: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>,
       Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>,
       Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
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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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