Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262041AbTIMR2s (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:28:48 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262056AbTIMR2s (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:28:48 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:8459 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262041AbTIMR2q (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 13:28:46 -0400 Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 10:11:08 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick To: Pascal Schmidt cc: David Schwartz , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: RE: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model] In-Reply-To: Message-ID: 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: 895 Lines: 29 On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Pascal Schmidt wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003, David Schwartz wrote: > > > Please show me one restriction on *use* in the GPL. > > Well, you may not *use* GPL'd code to produce a derived work and > distribute it in binary form only. Use of the code, not use of > the product, sure. Prove an original work which uses the proper "unprotectable API" to operate in the Linux kernel is a "derived work". You can't and never will. It is an "original work". "Original works" are exempt, what is not clear? Oh I get it, because it happens to work in "Linux" it is not an original work? What a lame cast of mental giants. Andre - 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/