On Saturday 17 February 2007 03:42, David Schwartz wrote: > Again, see Lexmark v. Static Controls. If "make a toner cartridge that works > with a particular Lexmark printer" is a functional idea, why is "make a > graphics driver that works with a particular Linux kernel" not? What is the > difference you think matters?
That you cannot build such modules without integrating parts of actual Linux kernel code (via #includes etc), whereas you can build compatible toner cartridges without using any original component. -- Giuseppe "Oblomov" Bilotta - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
