nvidia
Alan Cox
alan at lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk
Mon Oct 29 13:33:19 UTC 2007
> I don't think you want to find out that a driver is derived from the OS
> it is written for, or you'll find all kinds of lawsuits crawling out of
> the closet about code included in linux that was originally written
> under some other OS.
Being written under some other OS is not the same as being derived from
(any more than being compatible with is derived from). Derivative works
are a much more complex idea than that which is one reason there is a
lack of certainty on the issue.
Alan
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