Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1946636AbXBQKqo (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:46:44 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1946637AbXBQKqo (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:46:44 -0500 Received: from main.gmane.org ([80.91.229.2]:47633 "EHLO ciao.gmane.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1946636AbXBQKqn (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 05:46:43 -0500 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: Giuseppe Bilotta Subject: RE: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 11:46:15 +0100 Message-ID: References: <161717d50702160912x6dc4efbahcfb02f665ae3ec8a@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7Bit X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: host-84-221-54-78.cust-adsl.tiscali.it User-Agent: KNode/0.10.4 X-Face: ::w9}R^l{WGM\{y)C0QF@4^U,',W3Mk^X0HP)=:bKM^Z]A9+6bY6fe3}O*]fH{lAViT_'?&>&ufo2_X5Vs3C^tPO@drZRuu&6iK}x}~9`F\-dNZ>(p|V7`4 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 798 Lines: 15 On Saturday 17 February 2007 03:42, David Schwartz wrote: > Again, see Lexmark v. Static Controls. If "make a toner cartridge that works > with a particular Lexmark printer" is a functional idea, why is "make a > graphics driver that works with a particular Linux kernel" not? What is the > difference you think matters? That you cannot build such modules without integrating parts of actual Linux kernel code (via #includes etc), whereas you can build compatible toner cartridges without using any original component. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta - 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/