Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261402AbUCIKM0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 05:12:26 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261832AbUCIKM0 (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 05:12:26 -0500 Received: from 213-187-164-3.dd.nextgentel.com ([213.187.164.3]:63750 "EHLO ford.pronto.tv") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261402AbUCIKMZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 05:12:25 -0500 To: vda Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPLv2 or not GPLv2? (no license bashing) References: <200403040838.31412.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> <200403090916.08626.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> <200403091153.23593.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> From: mru@kth.se (=?iso-8859-1?q?M=E5ns_Rullg=E5rd?=) Date: Tue, 09 Mar 2004 11:12:07 +0100 In-Reply-To: <200403091153.23593.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> (vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua's message of "Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:53:23 +0200") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.1006 (Gnus v5.10.6) XEmacs/21.4 (Security Through Obscurity, linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1146 Lines: 30 vda writes: > 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. That is true, but it doesn't necessarily make my code derived from anything at all. -- M?ns Rullg?rd mru@kth.se - 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/