[Arm-netbook] Video Decoder library license

[Henrik Nordström]

mån 2012-04-23 klockan 21:17 +0100 skrev lkcl luke:

>  i've already spoken to dr richard stallman and have clarified that
> such "system libraries", by virtue of _being_ "system libraries", by
> virtue of them providing direct access to hardware, are in fact
> exempt.

You realize that for this to work out in GPLv2 terms there needs to be a
non-free OS with those proprietary parts, and any GPL parts linking to
them distributed separately not part of the OS?

GPLv3 is more open minded on the subject.

Regards
Henrik