Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Sun 6th Aug 2006 17:30 UTC
Plenty of loud argument has ensued over whether binary-only drivers belong in an operating system based on open source philosophies. David Chisnall examines the reasoning on both sides.
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RE[4]: Misses an importanting point
by fffffh on Sun 6th Aug 2006 23:42
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RE[4]: Misses an importanting point
by Sodki on Mon 7th Aug 2006 10:20
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No, it isn't, even if the wrapper were LGPL'd it would, IIRC, be swallowed up and turned GPL when linked into the kernel at runtime, your GPL wrapper can't link to a non-GPL compatible module.
The nVidia wrapper is under GPL. The wrapper doesn't link to the binary driver, it loads it dinamically, so it's OK.
RE[5]: Misses an importanting point
by anonymousbrowser on Mon 7th Aug 2006 17:25
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No, it isn't, even if the wrapper were LGPL'd it would, IIRC, be swallowed up and turned GPL when linked into the kernel at runtime, your GPL wrapper can't link to a non-GPL compatible module.