linux-kernel - Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

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Message-ID: <3d57814d0702150305m1f752601ie9937822a309b5e7@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:05:11 +1000
From:	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>
To:	"Xavier Bestel" <xavier.bestel@...e.fr>
Cc:	"Mohammed Gamal" <m.gamal005@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

On 2/15/07, Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@...e.fr> wrote:
> But that's not the case with VJ's drivers, which are apparently solely
> for linux, so should be distributed under the GPL.

In any case, you're free to use any driver, regardless of license..
copyright does not cover use, only "copying" and most, if not all,
jurisdictions make it clear that "copying into memory" is not a
copyright matter.

Trent
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