Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263171AbTEGNG5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 09:06:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263173AbTEGNG5 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 09:06:57 -0400 Received: from pc2-cwma1-4-cust86.swan.cable.ntl.com ([213.105.254.86]:47491 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263171AbTEGNG4 (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 May 2003 09:06:56 -0400 Subject: Re: Using GPL'd Linux drivers with non-GPL, binary-only kernel From: Alan Cox To: Jamie Lokier Cc: Pavel Machek , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030506224824.GE6284@mail.jlokier.co.uk> References: <20030506164252.GA5125@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <20030506204305.GA5546@elf.ucw.cz> <20030506221819.GC6284@mail.jlokier.co.uk> <1052256672.1983.174.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> <20030506224824.GE6284@mail.jlokier.co.uk> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Organization: Message-Id: <1052310058.3061.11.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.2.2 (1.2.2-5) Date: 07 May 2003 13:20:59 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 710 Lines: 15 On Maw, 2003-05-06 at 23:48, Jamie Lokier wrote: > I'd get to define "the OS" so that is not a problem :) You could The GPL is smarter than that "However, as a special exception, the source code distributed need not include anything that is normally distributed (in either source or binary form) with the major components (compiler, kernel, and so on) of the operating system on which the executable runs, unless that component itself accompanies the executable." - 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/