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From: David Newall
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Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprietary driver.
Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 - 10:23 pm
Chris Friesen wrote:
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> 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. --
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Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprie ...
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Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprie ...
, Alexey Dobriyan
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Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprie ...
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Re: GPL question: using large contiguous memory in proprie ...
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