Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264015AbTEFSVn (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 14:21:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264012AbTEFSVm (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 14:21:42 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:4481 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264011AbTEFSVH (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 14:21:07 -0400 Subject: Re: Using GPL'd Linux drivers with non-GPL, binary-only kernel From: Alan Cox To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030506164252.GA5125@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <20030506164252.GA5125@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1052242508.1201.43.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 06 May 2003 18:35:10 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 790 Lines: 15 On Maw, 2003-05-06 at 17:42, Jamie Lokier wrote: > So, as dynamic loading is ok between parts of Linux and binary-only > code, that seems to imply we could build a totally different kind of > binary-only kernel which was able to make use of all the Linux kernel > modules. We could even modularise parts of the kernel which aren't > modular now, so that we could take advantage of even more parts of Linux. You want a legal list - you really do. Its all about derived works and thats an area where even some lawyers will only hunt in packs 8) - 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/