On Wed, 2006-09-06 at 20:39 +0200, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >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.
So, what's the point of porting GPL driver if you can not eventually use it other then in your garage? :-) -- Erast _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
