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Libre Culture · 4 years ago

Do proprietary kernel modules in Linux violate the GPL? (Discussion on Reddit)

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Do proprietary kernel modules in Linux violate the GPL? (Discussion on Reddit)

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Libre Culture · 4 years ago

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Does Linux violate the GPL? : gnu

I’d love to hear what people here think of this. I hate proprietary kernel modules, I’m sure most people here do too, so do you think there is legal ground to force proprietary module vendors to release their source code?

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According to Torvalds, kernel modules that are designed around Linux, and therefore has knowledge of its architecture, is covered under GPL. But he also said that he hasn’t sued anyone over it and IMO it’s unlikely he will.

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