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Posted Oct 16, 2003 4:17 UTC (Thu) by Ross (subscriber, #4065)
In reply to: binary modules include GPL code from kernel headers by ballombe
Parent article: LinkSys and binary modules

This is why most binary modules use a wrapper which separates the non-GPLed code from the GPLed code. See the NVIDIA driver for an example.


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Wrapper which separates the non-GPLed code from the GPLed code ?

Posted Oct 23, 2003 13:04 UTC (Thu) by khim (subscriber, #9252) [Link]

They try to make module usable with >1 version of kernel. You can not write such a wrapper NOW. You need to add exception like it's done for userspace programs ! And only copyright holder can add such exception.

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