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Sorry for the naievety, but it's not just modules that are inserted into the kernel that provide the support that they need (I am not a systems/kernel programme
by blueblob 13y ago
Sorry for the naievety, but it's not just modules that are inserted into the kernel that provide the support that they need (I am not a systems/kernel programmer)? And in that case, could they license the modules separately?
- Xylakant 13y agoSort of a grey area, but given that binary drivers exist for video cards they could at least cite a precedent.
- Argorak 13y agoI don't know about how this is done currently, but isn't that the reason why those drivers often don't ship installed but have to be installed by user request?
- jevinskie 13y agoThey must provide any and all GPL code that gets shipped to the customer, even if they do not modify it.
- michael_h 13y agoIsn't pointing the customer to AOSP "providing" the code?
- belorn 13y agoNo. The GPLv2 license is explicit in how one provides the source code. Either bundle the binary and source code together, or provide a written offer for source code that is valid at minimum 3 years or as long support is valid, depending on what is highest. GPLv3 however changed this to reflect the new invention called the Internet. You can now use a simple link to the repository where source code reside.
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