On Mon, Jun 09, 2008 at 08:29:28AM +0100, David Woodhouse wrote:
I agree with you that that seems to be the only possible
interpretation
for firmware blobs. And when we take them and include them in the
bzImage and distribute that, the only possible interpretation is that
they are 'part of a whole which is a work based on the Program'.
Disagree.
But it's extremely hard to argue that combining non-GPL'd
firmware into
the kernel image is 'mere aggregation on a volume of a storage or
distribution medium'.
Disagree.
You are trying to think computer about matters which are not computing. I
would suggest you go and learn about the actual legal caselaw in the case
things like books, and also on the boundaries of contract created by copyright.