Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:32:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:32:18 -0500 Received: from 5-116.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br ([200.193.163.116]:14512 "EHLO 5-116.ctame701-1.telepar.net.br") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Sun, 29 Dec 2002 07:32:17 -0500 Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2002 10:40:19 -0200 (BRST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@imladris.surriel.com To: Martijn Sipkema cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: TimeSys violating GPL? In-Reply-To: <000d01c2af33$97825850$161b14ac@boromir> Message-ID: References: <000d01c2af33$97825850$161b14ac@boromir> X-spambait: aardvark@kernelnewbies.org X-spammeplease: aardvark@nl.linux.org MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 883 Lines: 24 On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > 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? If their module is a derivative of GPL code, then yes. If the total work consisting of GPL code and their proprietary module is a derivative of GPL code, then probably. regards, Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH". http://www.surriel.com/ http://guru.conectiva.com/ Current spamtrap: october@surriel.com - 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/