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From: Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAS: keyboard stops working] Recent kernels block the loading of non-GPL kernel modules
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:06:55
Message-Id: CAGfcS_k=u1Ou5EMFCLEsHDUxjfJC6GTLBg2Y+A1jgMzdXNtANQ@mail.gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAS: keyboard stops working] Recent kernels block the loading of non-GPL kernel modules by Fernando Rodriguez
1 On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:30 PM, Fernando Rodriguez
2 <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com> wrote:
3 >
4 > I'm not a lawyer but as I understand it, it's not on the "letter of the law"
5 > because it's a technical issue and the law hasn't caught up.
6 >
7 > My view, and what I think is most in the spirit of the law, is that it is a
8 > derived work simply because it doesn't work without those GPL exports.
9 >
10
11 My car doesn't work without tires. Does it mean that Kia needs a
12 license from Michelin to make cars?
13
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15 Rich