> IANAL, but when looking at the "But when you distribute the same > sections as part of a whole which is a work based on the Program, the > distribution of the whole must be on the terms of this License" of the > GPLv2 I would still consult a lawyer before e.g. selling a laptop with a > closed-source driver loaded through ndiswrapper.
If that were true, you couldn't legally install more than one program on a computer without permission from all the copyright holders without specific license permission. A "work based on the Program" is the same as a derivative work. A laptop with an assortment of different programs on it is not a work, it is a collection of works. DS -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
