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Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2002 14:03:23 -0800 (PST)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
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So it is business as usual, all sabre noise but none drawn.
Everyone is scared of the lawyers and all it would do is feed the sharks
and nobody makes any money but them.

So it is a draw ?


On 20 Nov 2002, Alan Cox wrote:

> On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 20:41, Jeff Garzik wrote:
> > Have we decided that #include'ing GPL'd code does, or does not, taint 
> > otherwise "license-clean" code that includes the GPL'd code?
> 
> Ask a lawyer - and the answer mostly is "it depends"
> 
> > we fall to copyright law, and wonder aloud if an obviously-non-derived 
> > work #includes GPL'd code, does it become derived?
> 
> Example 1
> 
> 	I paste your name and address into my document does it become
> 	a derived work
> 
> Example 2
> 
> 	I paste your poem into my document does it become a derived work
> 
> 
> So #include isnt terribly relevant 8)
> 
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Andre Hedrick
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