SamyGO: replacing television firmware

Posted Nov 16, 2009 21:04 UTC (Mon) by jmm82 (guest, #59425)
In reply to: SamyGO: replacing television firmware by dwmw2
Parent article: SamyGO: replacing television firmware

"It's also completely irrelevant; I'm disappointed that johill brought it up."

As long as you are not *surprised* someone brought it up. It is a rare occasion that a product using Linux is discussed on LWN without a sub-thread about the GPL and derived work.

Have there been any concrete court decisions in this field lately? I am tired of hearing peoples unprovable interpretations of a derived work. I would love to know what a derived work really is, but have searched far and wide with no solid answers.

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SamyGO: replacing television firmware

Posted Nov 16, 2009 21:47 UTC (Mon) by dwmw2 (subscriber, #2063) [Link] (1 responses)

You have missed the point completely.

SamyGO: replacing television firmware

Posted Nov 16, 2009 22:05 UTC (Mon) by jmm82 (guest, #59425) [Link]

Agreed, as soon as I hear the words "derived work" my mind blanks out. I have heard so many different opinions on derived work my head immediately begins to swell up upon hearing those words.

In this case it is irrelevant, your point was taken.