Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:54:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:54:23 -0400 Received: from perninha.conectiva.com.br ([200.250.58.156]:1730 "EHLO perninha.conectiva.com.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 7 Oct 2002 18:53:52 -0400 Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:59:27 -0300 From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo To: simon@baydel.com Cc: Xavier Bestel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux? Message-ID: <20021007225927.GH3485@conectiva.com.br> Mail-Followup-To: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , simon@baydel.com, Xavier Bestel , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3DA16A9B.7624.4B0397@localhost> <3DA1D07E.10994.142437C@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3DA1D07E.10994.142437C@localhost> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i X-Url: http://advogato.org/person/acme Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 905 Lines: 22 Em Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:20:46PM +0100, simon@baydel.com escreveu: > It is likley that this project will not go to the market with Linux as > the OS. The original intention was to make available all kernel > changes and ship object modules for the specialised hardware. > > Reading the GPL tells me that really it is not correct to ship > modules either, athough I know people do it. Well, ask a lawyer, but Linux is licensed under the GPL _plus_ some extra clauses, for instance it is ok, AFAIK, to ship a binary only module that restrains itself to using non EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exported symbols. Think NVidia, vmware, etc. And yes, IANAL. - Arnaldo - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/