Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261851AbUCIJ42 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 04:56:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261853AbUCIJ42 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 04:56:28 -0500 Received: from 168.imtp.Ilyichevsk.Odessa.UA ([195.66.192.168]:19469 "HELO port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261851AbUCIJ4X convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 04:56:23 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" From: vda To: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns?= =?iso-8859-1?q?=20Rullg=E5rd?=), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPLv2 or not GPLv2? (no license bashing) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:53:23 +0200 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.4] References: <200403040838.31412.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> <200403090916.08626.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Message-Id: <200403091153.23593.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 969 Lines: 23 On Tuesday 09 March 2004 11:04, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote: > vda writes: > > Well, Linux kernel is GPLed. If one adds his/hers code to the kernel > > (s)he is automatically agrees to the terms of GPL. > > > > Because "adds code" is actually incorrect here. "modifies existing > > GPLed code" is more accurate. > > Suppose I write a new kernel module, without touching any existing > code, and this module gets included in the kernel tree. Have I added > code? Yes. Have I modified GPLed code? I think not. I believe Linus said so too wrt out-of-tree modules. I think modules included in 'official' tree better be GPLed or else phrase 'Linux kernel is GPLed' becomes meaningless. -- vda - 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/