"Shawn Walker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> 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.
The problems of such code in general is that it is not usable in genral.
For this problem, it is always better to start with code under a less
restirctive license (e.g. BSD).
> 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.
Ths OS exception has a different background:
If you distribute binaries, it is the intention (although it may not be written
down in correct court english) of the GPL that the publisher of binaries needs
to distribute everything that is needed to re-create the binary. The OS
exception allows to omit things that usually are part of the OS.
Jörg
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