[I'm not subcribed to -legal] Glenn Maynard wrote: > On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 01:47:17AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > > Do we? WRT kernel firmware, the driver authors seem to see it as a > > collection of works (with the firmware being one part), and at least > > I tend to prefer the author's opinion over third-party interpretations. > > The author's opinion may not be completely relevant when there are hundreds > of authors.
Currently those concerns are vented by people who aren't authors of kernel stuff. > Remember, the drivers are being linked to all other code in > the kernel, and the license of that code (usually also GPL) must be followed. > I don't know if there's any legal consensus on this among kernel developers > (not being one myself). >From what I gathered, the vast majority of kernel developers sees it as not-a-problem, and none is interested in suing his fellow developers. (Doing so may well result in the removal of that developer's contributions, as that would minimize the amount of damage.) Thiemo
