[3350] in linux-net channel archive
Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (nelson@crynwr.com)
Thu Jun 20 02:23:27 1996
Date: 20 Jun 1996 03:46:51 -0000
From: nelson@crynwr.com
To: Pedro Roque Marques <roque@di.fc.ul.pt>
Cc: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis), linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199606192226.XAA00770@oberon.di.fc.ul.pt>
Pedro Roque Marques writes:
> >>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> writes:
>
> Dennis> Yes, but the end user does the linking....we dont
> Dennis> distribute kernels. The fact that the code that we provide
> Dennis> gets linked in is not a violation nor can it be.
>
> Is this an official statement by ET that some of the products it sells
> cannot be legally used ?
It can be legally used. It cannot be legally distributed. Copyright
does not control use, only copying.
-russ <nelson@crynwr.com> http://www.crynwr.com/~nelson
Crynwr Software sells packet driver support | PGP ok
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