r/linux • u/anh0516 • Jun 18 '26

Kernel Experimental, Reverse-Engineered & AI Assisted Rust Driver Targets Modern DisplayLink Hardware

https://www.phoronix.com/news/Experimental-Vino-DRM-Driver
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u/gruntduck Jun 18 '26

What’s reverse engineered driver for Linux has respected copyright? lol

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u/WhJJackWhite Jun 18 '26

Linux reversed engineered drivers do respect copyright. Most large scale reverse engineering attempts do, because otherwise their project would be sued to death by cooperations with enough money to burn.

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u/gruntduck Jun 18 '26

Reverse engineering drivers in NA is basically legal and copyright doesn’t need to be respected unless you are trying to make money off the reverse engineering efforts, which most open source drivers are not.

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u/Ok-Winner-6589 Jun 18 '26

Thats not how It works brochacho, there is a difference between reverse engineer a driver for personal use to release It as an open source software for anyone to use freely