> I don't think you want to find out that a driver is derived from the OS > it is written for, or you'll find all kinds of lawsuits crawling out of > the closet about code included in linux that was originally written > under some other OS. Being written under some other OS is not the same as being derived from (any more than being compatible with is derived from). Derivative works are a much more complex idea than that which is one reason there is a lack of certainty on the issue. Alan