Freescale Linux BSP review

[Piotr Gluszenia Slawinski]

> you have two pieces of code, a userspace 3D *driver* (not
> application), and a kernel driver talking to the hw, if the userspace
> 3D driver cannot exist without the kernel driver, it could very well
> be considered a derivative work of the kernel driver. You are not
> protected by the standard Linux system call exception since it states
> "normal system calls", so adding a driver to the kernel to expose a
> bunch of driver specific ioctls to allow the userspace 3D work blurs
> the lines sufficiently that you are into the domain of derived works
> and should call your lawyers.

so any user-written (gpl compatible) driver which exposes new ioctls
which allow other software to work (i.e. network driver allowing closed
source software to send and recieve packets is illegal aswell?

it is getting confusing...

shall everyone hire lawyer prior to using any software under linux?

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