>On Tuesday 05 September 2006 05:58 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I mean, the question is interesting. Can I, for example, port a Linux >> kernel driver that is GPL to Solaris, and legally run it ? >> I hope to eventually get a positive answer to that ... but not here and >> now; back to work :) > >Frank, > >I think the answer today is no. But when GPLv3 is out, the answer should be >yes. This is the entire problem with linking kernel code (although that >hasn't been upheld in a court of law, AFAIK) with other non-GPL seems to have >been the issue, since the Linux 2.4.13 kernel.
The answer is "yes" regardless of the version of the GPL. The GPL's provisions which don't allow mixing don't come into force until you start distributing the binary. Casper _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
