On 17/09/2007, Tim Cook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps some of you can shed some light on what I apparently am > misunderstanding. > > Can a device driver be taken from linux, and be run as is (GPL'd and all) on > solaris? I was of the belief that once these are linked, you are violating > the GPL as the solaris kernel is not GPL'd, and this linking is considered a > derivative work. > > Anyone want to shed some light on the subject?
I suppose it depends on who you ask. The short version is that you can port a driver to Solaris if you want and it is generally well accepted that you can distribute the source code for that. What is still under question is whether you can distribute binaries, and I (personally) believe you can because of the operating system exception contained within the GPLv2. I don't think it can be distributed as part of the OS (alongside), but I do believe it can be distributed separately. -- Shawn Walker, Software and Systems Analyst [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://binarycrusader.blogspot.com/ "Beware of bugs in the above code; I have only proved it correct, not tried it. " --Donald Knuth _______________________________________________ opensolaris-discuss mailing list [email protected]
