On Tue, 30 Nov 2004, Shawn wrote:
> > This source code, under the GPL license, includes the source code
> > to any programs that are linked with it as well.
>
> Well that depends on how you define "linked".
Indeed, that is an issue.
> I believe you can put a non-gpl'd program into the phone (assumes as a
> separate executable) and link it via pipes, sockets or command-line
> arguments without legally being required to offer the source.
Correct. But I don't think that a device driver is going to talk to the
rest of the kernel via command line interface.
cjs
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Received on Tue Nov 30 11:52:56 2004