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Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Posted Dec 14, 2006 1:10 UTC (Thu) by mrshiny (subscriber, #4266)
In reply to: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned by martinfick
Parent article: Binary-only kernel modules may be banned

Conversely, just because it's a linux kernel module doesn't mean it's a derivative work of the kernel. I'd be interested to see a court rule on that; strong arguments could be made either way about what constitutes a derivative work. IANAL either.


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