Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:45:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:45:43 -0500 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust42.swa.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.42]:17025 "EHLO irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 20 Nov 2002 08:45:42 -0500 Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules From: Alan Cox To: Ross Vandegrift Cc: Rik van Riel , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20021120042624.GA21122@willow.seitz.com> References:

<20021120042624.GA21122@willow.seitz.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.0.8 (1.0.8-10) Date: 20 Nov 2002 14:21:14 +0000 Message-Id: <1037802074.3267.24.camel@irongate.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 886 Lines: 20 On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 04:26, Ross Vandegrift wrote: > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:59:26AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote: > > You can copyright songs, but not individual musical notes. > > > > Likewise, snippets of code aren't copyrightable if they're below > > a certain "triviality size". > > I don't pretend to be current on all the issues involved, but I've > always been under the impression that Linus has insisted that > binary-only drivers aren't derived works, with respect to the GPL. Linus has said much the reverse if you look back. Being a module doesnt make it not a derivative work. In some ways thats not even directly relevant - 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/