[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >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.
You may even distribute the driver unless you create a derived work from the
Solaris kernel and the driver.
As Solaris loads the drivers on demand and as it is most unlikely that this
driver will be needed in order to run the OpenSolaris kernel at all, it could
be called a separate "work".
Jörg
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