Is TimeSys (http://www.timesys.com) violating the GPL by extending
Linux with new features (high resolution clocks and timers, protection
against priority inversion) by adding a proprietary loadable kernel module?
-- Martijn Sipkema
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On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Martijn Sipkema wrote:
> Is TimeSys (http://www.timesys.com) violating the GPL by extending
> Linux with new features (high resolution clocks and timers, protection
> against priority inversion) by adding a proprietary loadable kernel module?
If their module is a derivative of GPL code, then yes.
If the total work consisting of GPL code and their
proprietary module is a derivative of GPL code, then
probably.
regards,
Rik
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