Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752492AbYJOFXV (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:23:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751020AbYJOFXN (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:23:13 -0400 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:42304 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750973AbYJOFXN (ORCPT ); Wed, 15 Oct 2008 01:23:13 -0400 Message-ID: <48F57E3C.5060708@davidnewall.com> Date: Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:53:08 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (X11/20080227) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Chris Friesen CC: Kaz Kylheku , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprietary driver. References: <3f43f78b0810141456r159d71e7h9763e50e7dbc0c51@mail.gmail.com> <48F5193B.1010601@nortel.com> <3f43f78b0810141623s4282f9eof87014d2dee17810@mail.gmail.com> <48F55398.10005@nortel.com> In-Reply-To: <48F55398.10005@nortel.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 520 Lines: 12 Chris Friesen wrote: > If you sit down and write a new driver for linux, is is arguable that > it is in fact a derivative work of the kernel and is thus subject to > the GPL. This is essentially the argument that SCO used when they sued IBM over IBM's printing technology. -- 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/