Re: Using GPL'd Linux drivers with non-GPL, binary-only kernel

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
07 May 2003 13:20:59 +0100


On Maw, 2003-05-06 at 23:48, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> I'd get to define "the OS" so that is not a problem :) You could

The GPL is smarter than that
"However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not
include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or
binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of
the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component
itself accompanies the executable."

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