> On 2/16/07, David Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > (See, among other cases, Lexmark. v. Static > > Controls.) A copyright is not a patent, you can only own > > something if there > > are multiple equally good ways to do it and you claim *one* of them.
> Only in a world where "write a Linux module" is a "functional idea." I > don't think that the legal world in the US is an example of such a > world, though you clearly do. I'm not arguing "write a Linux module" is a functional idea. But "write code so that a graphics card with a X1950 chipset works with a Linux kernel" certainly is. 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? DS - 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/