On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:06 PM, Fernando Rodriguez <frodriguez.develo...@outlook.com> wrote: > > The illegal part is not loading it but distributing the blob that depends on > the GPL exports.
What makes it illegal? Quote the text of the relevant statute or court case. That is the issue here. People argue that linking creates a derivative work, and I think that at best it only creates a derivative work after the image ends up in RAM. The blob itself doesn't contain any kernel code, unless you count a bunch of symbol names. And that is API copyrighting, which is a horrible idea (though one the US seems to be entertaining now all the same; Murcia!). -- Rich
