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</span>well yes, that's how the blob drivers like NVIDIA do not need to be GPL - at<br>
least that's what the affected parties claim.<br clear="all"></blockquote></div><br>There is a difference there. The kernel modules are a bit of a special case for some reason.<br><br>They are only implementing an interface, and they are not distributed as a part of GPL software. GPL software (the kernel) loads them at run-time.<br><br>You are not forbidden to mix licenses, you are forbidden (by GPL) to distribute the code with mixed incompatible licenses.<br><br>The kernel stuff is really muddy - we can have binary blobs, but we can not have ZFS because of a different (free) license. Go figure. :)<br><br>Cheers,<br>Ivan<br><br><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div class="gmail_signature">Cheerio,<br>Ivan<br><br>--<br>While you were hanging yourself on someone else's words<br>Dying to believe in what you heard<br>I was staring straight into the shining sun</div>
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