[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
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? :-)
It's the question he asked. "Can I legally run it?".
Casper
Anyone remember the "Linux Driver Porting Kit" and the stink Don Becker
raised about this very question ?
What became of that argument?
John
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