Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice.

Humberto Massa
2005-04-05T19:04:14Z

Josselin Mouette wrote:

>It merely depends on the definition of "aggregation". I'd say that two
>works that are only aggregated can be easily distinguished and
>separated. This is not the case for a binary kernel module, from which
>you cannot easily extract the firmware and code parts.
>
>
Not really... As a matter of fact, it's quite easy to separate those
parts, at least as easy as it is to separate one story inside a book
that contains an anthology of short stories. And the latter is not
considered a derivative work, either.

Massa