Is sharpzdc_cs.o not a derivitive work of Linux?

[Mark Jenkins <umjenki5@cc.umanitoba.ca>]

Hello Linux developers,

Sharp Electronics Corporation manufactures a series of handheld
computers called the Zaurus. The new ones run Linux.

Sharp sells a digital camera, the CE-AG06 that works with the SL-5500,
SL-5600 and SL-6000. To use this camera, a Linux module sharpzdc_cs.o is
required.

There are several copies of the Linux Zaurus source on the web; none of
them contain the source code for this module. I am attempting to use the
official source code offer that came with the device instead of the web
copies. When I do manage to get Sharp to do this, I anticipate they will
not include the source for this particular module.

Sharp distributes sharpzdc_cs.o in the Zaurus ROM image alongside Linux.

You can look at the module here:
http://oz.pdai.org/mirror/camera-modules-2.4.18-rmk7-pxa3-embedix.tar.bz2

I have read, http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/COPYING.modules
Summary: A Linux module is a derivative work unless a strong case is
made otherwise.

I would like to know if this is one of those exception cases. That is
why I used the word 'not' in the subject line.

Is sharpzdc_cs.o *not* a derivative work of Linux?


Mark Jenkins
umjenki5@cc.umanitoba.ca



Appendix A
sharpzdc_cs.o is dynamically linked against the following functions and
variables:

Symbol                    Location
--------------------------------------------
CardServices              drivers/pcmcia/cs.c
kmalloc                   mm/slab.c
__memzero                 arch/arm/lib/memzero.S
kfree                     mm/slab.c
memset                    arch/arm/lib/memset.S
memcpy                    arch/arm/lib/memcpy.S
__release_region          kernel/resource.c
sprintf                   lib/vsprintf.c
printk                    kernel/printk.c
ioport_resource           kernel/resource.c
udelay                    arch/arm/lib/delay.S
mod_timer                 kernel/resource.c
jiffies                   kernel/timer.c
register_chrdev           fs/devices.c
register_pccard_driver    drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
unregister_pccard_driver  drivers/pcmcia/ds.c
unregister_chrdev         fs/devices.c
del_timer                 kernel/timer.c