ADSL support ?

[Nick Hibma]

All I know is that the GPL has not yet been upheld in court...

Nick

On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Jonathan Belson wrote:

> Nick Hibma wrote:
> >
> > > > Why? It just means that the driver will end up in a different directory
> > >
> > > Won't the driver need to be linked into the kernel?
> >
> > Not if it is a module:
> >
> >         kldload uspeedtouch
>
> Hmm.  This is one of the most often debated bits of the GPL - does
> a module have to be linked against the kernel?  The GPL makes
> no distinction between dynamic and static linking.  RMS and his
> army of zealots insist that dynamic linking is covered, everyone else
> insists the opposite.
>
> This came up several times when people ported GPL drivers to
> BeOS - in a couple of cases they discontinued their work after
> receiving abusive emails 8^(
>
>
> --
> C-YA
> Jon
>
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>

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