Michael Poole wrote: > Raul Miller writes: > >> Because the linux kernel does not represent mere aggregation of one part >> of the kernel with some other part on some storage volume. >> >> It's not a coincidence that the parts of the kernel are there together. > > The usual contention is that having some helper function load the > firmware is sufficient to resolve the concern. That suggests to me > that the parts being together -- at least in that case -- is a matter > of convenience, not of necessity. That is what I would use to test > for "mere aggregation" (when one is not a derivative work of the > other).
In some of the cases, rewriting the driver to have a helper function load the firmware is actually a complicated process involving major changes to the driver to 'detangle' the firmware. The 'tangled' version doesn't seem like mere aggregation. -- There are none so blind as those who will not see.
