Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263846AbTIIBDn (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 21:03:43 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263864AbTIIBDn (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 21:03:43 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:1156 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263846AbTIIBDm (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 21:03:42 -0400 Subject: Re: New ATI FireGL driver supports 2.6 kernel From: Alan Cox To: Dave Jones Cc: Dennis Freise , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20030908225401.GD681@redhat.com> References: <001a01c3765b$1f1ad6e0$0419a8c0@firestarter.shnet.org> <20030908225401.GD681@redhat.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063069344.28622.53.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Tue, 09 Sep 2003 02:02:25 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 834 Lines: 19 On Llu, 2003-09-08 at 23:54, Dave Jones wrote: > > agpgart (modified by ATI, I suppose) is > > included in form of sourcecode, being compiled on installation. Dunno what > > else could violate GPL :) > > Linking GPL code to binary .o files, and then disabling the > MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") smells pretty fishy to me. If all the code they include is their own then they could have dual licensed it. If not and they are modifying core kernel code to add hooks for their code they aren't likely to get past the preliminary arguments about a GPL violation and it being a derivative work. - 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/