RE: [future of drivers?] a proposal for binary drivers.

From: Arjan van de Ven
Date: Mon Mar 13 2006 - 03:18:03 EST



> 2) The ordinary and expected use of a library is to produce applications
> that use that library.

and the kernel is not a library

> 5) There is no right under copyright for authors of original works to limit
> the distribution of lawfully-created derivative works to those with the
> right to use the original work.

this is not correct. Copyright law *DOES* give copyright owners the
right to control derived works.

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