On Sep 15, 06 00:33:33 +0200, Philipp Thomas wrote: > >Non-derived in a sensible manner means that the biggest part of the > >work was done without using anything of GPLed code, which for me is > >clearly the case for graphics card drivers. > > You can't really tell without actually seeing the code!
You probably can from reading the SHIM layer. You can by pointing out bugs that occure in both the Windows and the Linux drivers. Though they get rare nowadays. > And as long as there are possibly viable legal claims that can't be > ignored easily, a US company like Novell will try to avoid the whole > matter as much as possible. Right. The stress is on the 'possibly'. Novell has to make sure it is on the save side. In that case it means playing by the rules the majority of the kernel developers would like to see in effect. Matthias -- Matthias Hopf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> __ __ __ Maxfeldstr. 5 / 90409 Nuernberg (_ | | (_ |__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Phone +49-911-74053-715 __) |_| __) |__ labs www.mshopf.de --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
