Nathanael Nerode writes: > In the Linux kernel, > drivers/media/video/usbvideo/vicam.c > > contains *long* sequences which appear to have been lifted from some other > driver without permission or attribution, probably by wire-sniffing. > > Not short sequences, really long ones. > > This is not just nondistributable, it's actually likely to be sued over: the > company clearly didn't authorize this use.
Do you have any evidence to indicate that these byte streams contain any copyrightable or otherwise protected content? (It might be what the U.S. Copyright Act calls a "useful article".) Why do you say it is non-distributable in the first place? Michael Poole -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
