Re: Linux, UDI and SCO.

Stephen Williams (steve@icarus.com)
Fri, 18 Sep 1998 14:51:16 -0700

pavel@atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz said:
> Even with UDI, SCO can not use Linux drivers: linux drivers _have to_
> be GPL in order to link with kernel. And unless SCO is going GPL, they
> can not link with GPL code... (Unless they find way to insert GPL code
> as a module - that might be legal.)

And if UDI drivers can be loaded as modules (I would require it, myself)
then our GPL kernel will be able to run non-GPL drivers the same way that
non-gpl programs under linux legally.

Everybody wins?

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