Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:04:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:04:56 -0500 Received: from ns2.tudelft.nl ([130.161.180.65]:10398 "EHLO ns2.tudelft.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:04:55 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 13:12:43 +0100 From: Martijn Sipkema Subject: TimeSys violating GPL? To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-to: Martijn Sipkema Message-id: <000d01c2af33$97825850$161b14ac@boromir> MIME-version: 1.0 X-MIMEOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4522.1200 X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-priority: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 552 Lines: 17 Is TimeSys (http://www.timesys.com) violating the GPL by extending Linux with new features (high resolution clocks and timers, protection against priority inversion) by adding a proprietary loadable kernel module? -- Martijn Sipkema PS. I'm not subscribed and would appreciate being CC'ed in replies. - 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/