* Anthony Towns ([email protected]) [040416 10:25]: > Because when you have a compile-time dependency you create a derived > work -- vmlinuz -- of both the GPLed work and the firmware. Creating > derived works is an act covered by copyright, and can only be done with > the permission of the rights holder; and if the only permission you have > comes in the form of the GPL, then you're required to make available > the complete source to the entire derived work.
It is not necessarily a derived work, but could also be just a collection of works. (And I consider this to be the case here.) However, I appreciate that our Release Managers are quite conservative in this, and want a statement of a know good lawyer before accepting this, not my (or anyone else) laymen view or considering. Also, being rather strict for legal issues is a feature, not a bug. Cheers, Andi -- http://home.arcor.de/andreas-barth/ PGP 1024/89FB5CE5 DC F1 85 6D A6 45 9C 0F 3B BE F1 D0 C5 D1 D9 0C
