Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752603AbaDYQ5g (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:57:36 -0400 Received: from va3ehsobe004.messaging.microsoft.com ([216.32.180.14]:37947 "EHLO va3outboundpool.messaging.microsoft.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751236AbaDYQ5f (ORCPT ); Fri, 25 Apr 2014 12:57:35 -0400 X-Forefront-Antispam-Report: CIP:149.199.60.83;KIP:(null);UIP:(null);IPV:NLI;H:xsj-gw1;RD:unknown-60-83.xilinx.com;EFVD:NLI X-SpamScore: -2 X-BigFish: VPS-2(zz98dI936eI1432I14ffIzz1f42h2148h1ee6h1de0h1fdah2149h2073h2146h1202h1e76h2189h1d1ah1d2ah21bch1fc6h208chzzz2fh95h839h93fhc61hd24hf0ah119dh1288h12a5h12a9h12bdh137ah13b6h1441h14ddh1504h1537h153bh162dh1631h1758h18e1h1946h19b5h1b0ah224fh1d0ch1d2eh1d3fh1dfeh1dffh1e1dh1fe8h1ff5h209eh2216h2336h2438h2461h2487h24d7h2516h2545h255eh25f6h2605h268bh26d3h906i2673i1155h) Date: Fri, 25 Apr 2014 09:57:04 -0700 From: =?utf-8?B?U8O2cmVu?= Brinkmann To: "Pallala, Ramakrishna" CC: "linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org" Subject: Re: how to include already compiled object files to kernel References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-RCIS-Action: ALLOW Message-ID: X-OriginatorOrg: xilinx.com X-FOPE-CONNECTOR: Id%0$Dn%*$RO%0$TLS%0$FQDN%$TlsDn% Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2014-04-25 at 04:24PM +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. Doesn't GPL mandate that you would get access to the sources as well? Soren -- 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/