[3346] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Alan Cox)
Thu Jun 20 01:15:02 1996
From: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 22:17:19 +0100 (BST)
Cc: mike@lserv.conexio.co.za, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199606181815.OAA03671@etinc.com> from "Dennis" at Jun 18, 96 02:15:36 pm
> whether Linus says you can or not. Even if you linked binaries directly
> with the core kernel code itself. A licensor only has rights over their
Debatable. You are then shipping a product containing my code against my license
agreement. Furthermore note the GPL is structured very carefully. If its shown
invalid you have NO license to use it at all ..
> own code. When you buy a development kit from Microsoft you're paying
> for the information on how the O/S works. If you figure it out without the docs
> or the kit they cant stop you from selling or using it because they didnt get
> their fee.
Phone microsoft up having patched your code into the NT 4.0 kernel layer
by dint of hacking up their binary. See what they say
