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The license in Linux case is for distributing Linux (and the module). You can create modules with whatever license you'd like if you're not distributing your wo
by tasn 5y ago
The license in Linux case is for distributing Linux (and the module). You can create modules with whatever license you'd like if you're not distributing your work. In Wine's case you're not distributing Windows so it's not the same.
A more similar case would be Oracle vs. Google over the Java API.
- my123 5y ago> if you're not distributing your work That’s not true either. There’s no such distinction. A program using a GPL library (such as the kernel) is considered as a derivative work according to the FSF. Canonical legal (for ZFS) decided that distributing a non-GPL module is fine, as did NVIDIA for their GPU drivers. If the GPL is considered as enforceable on that front (which was _not_ tested), a lot of things would change.
- zaphirplane 5y agoI thought some of the modules are checked for licence field prior to loading them. You could modify that if you keep the whole internal