[3348] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Dennis)
Thu Jun 20 01:38:06 1996
Date: Wed, 19 Jun 1996 19:35:44 -0400
To: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox)
From: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
>> 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
>
Well...I was referring to interfacing....like with a DLL, rather than patching
existing code. A DLL is as much of an "extension" as a loadable module
in LINUX...but there is no licensing issue with Microsoft to distribute a
DLL.
Dennis
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