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| From: | Rich Freeman <rich0@g.o> | ||
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| 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: | Wed, 19 Aug 2015 21:28:46 | ||
| Message-Id: | CAGfcS_m=ohmZq-hp0L3B6A59pHRR1UHQkh6Y6WGPNOFZdTsS4g@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 |
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| 1 | On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Fernando Rodriguez |
| 2 | <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com> wrote: |
| 3 | > |
| 4 | > The illegal part is not loading it but distributing the blob that depends on |
| 5 | > the GPL exports. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | What makes it illegal? Quote the text of the relevant statute or |
| 8 | court case. That is the issue here. People argue that linking |
| 9 | creates a derivative work, and I think that at best it only creates a |
| 10 | derivative work after the image ends up in RAM. The blob itself |
| 11 | doesn't contain any kernel code, unless you count a bunch of symbol |
| 12 | names. And that is API copyrighting, which is a horrible idea (though |
| 13 | one the US seems to be entertaining now all the same; Murcia!). |
| 14 | |
| 15 | -- |
| 16 | Rich |
| Subject | Author |
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| Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAS: keyboard stops working] Recent kernels block the loading of non-GPL kernel modules | Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> |
| Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAS: keyboard stops working] Recent kernels block the loading of non-GPL kernel modules | Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.developer@×××××××.com> |