On 13 May 1999, Nolan Darilek wrote:
> Last week I purchased an SBLive and downloaded the beta driver from
> http://developer.soundblaster.com/linux/. The driver only includes 2
> modules, though, and no source. Is this in violation of the GPL, since
> they aren't providing the kernel source required to build the modules,
> which are components of the full kernel? I thought I'd ask here, since
> I'm hesitant to email a huge company with a doubtlessly large legal
> staff and tell them that they aren't complying with the GPL.
Linus made a specific licensing exception for binary modules.
Taral
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