Plan for tomorrows (20080522) FESCO meeting
Alan Cox
alan at redhat.com
Thu May 22 18:48:14 UTC 2008
On Thu, May 22, 2008 at 06:48:14PM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
> > is a separate work. Like your BIOS for example.
>
> Being a separate work doesn't save it from the requirements of the GPL.
>
> The GPL clearly states that under some circumstances it _does_ extend to
> sections which are independent and separate works in themselves.
> If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the
> Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and
> separate works in themselves, then this License, and its terms,
> do not apply to those sections when you distribute them as
> separate works.
>
> (OK, that's the firmware).
No it isn't. See "mere aggregation"
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