O> I disagree. UIO is a documented kernel<->userspace interface, like sysfs > or proc. Using your argument, we would also have to say that a userspace > software that is unusable without sysfs is a derived work of the kernel. > But IANAL, tell me if I missed an important point.
It depends how closely the bits are tied. As far as I can ascertain there is no simple yes/no answer and whether you can do so depends a great deal upon how tightly bound the two are (consider the difference between the intel ipw daemon which is integrated very tightly into the old ipw3945 driver and a script monitoring CPU temperature via a sysfs file) > > so the > > documentation is giving poor advice however > > I guess you mean this sentence: > > "if you need to keep some parts of your driver closed source, you can do so > without violating the GPL license on the kernel." > > What would you write instead? I would simply remove the statement. Leave it to the lawyers. Alan - 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/
