Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752315AbaDYQy7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:54:59 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:59236 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751297AbaDYQy6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:54:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 17:54:52 +0100 From: One Thousand Gnomes To: "Pallala, Ramakrishna" Cc: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: how to include already compiled object files to kernel Message-ID: <20140425175452.4e49b5f4@alan.etchedpixels.co.uk> In-Reply-To: References: Organization: Intel Corporation X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.1 (GTK+ 2.24.20; x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 25 Apr 2014 16:24:20 +0000 "Pallala, Ramakrishna" wrote: > HI All, > > I have received few kernel library .o (object files) from third party and I am planning to include in our kernel tree. As the library contains some proprietary algorithms the sources are not shared. > > How can I include this library .o files to my kernel and if this kernel is release to customers will there be any license issues? Third party says the sources are under GPL. Your legal will be happy to assist explaining this to you. Alan -- 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/