Exactly.   They&#x27;re arguing the combined work clause, which would automatically rule out all binary-only modules, such as nvidia.ko.<p>Most previous arguments about zfs.ko were about the derived work clause, which is much more grey.   I belive that nvidia.ko would be more likely to be ruled a derived work than ZFS.ko, but that&#x27;s hard to tell.<p>It does seem silly to argue about ZFS in this context.   ZFS is open source and much less offensive to kernel developers than nvidia.ko.[1]<p>If nvidia.ko is fine, then so is zfs.ko.   If nvidia.ko isn&#x27;t fine, zfs.ko may or may not be fine.   Ubuntu has been shipping nvidia.ko for years.<p>1: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.youtube.com&#x2F;watch?v=iYWzMvlj2RQ</a>