Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261905AbUCIQ7W (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:59:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261252AbUCIQ7W (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:59:22 -0500 Received: from 34.mufa.noln.chcgil24.dsl.att.net ([12.100.181.34]:3066 "EHLO tabby.cats.internal") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261905AbUCIQ7U (ORCPT ); Tue, 9 Mar 2004 11:59:20 -0500 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="CP 1252" From: Jesse Pollard To: mru@kth.se (=?CP 1252?q?M=E5ns?= =?CP 1252?q?Rullg=E5rd?=), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPLv2 or not GPLv2? (no license bashing) Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 10:58:56 -0600 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] References: <200403040838.31412.eike-kernel@sf-tec.de> <200403090916.08626.vda@port.imtp.ilyichevsk.odessa.ua> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <04030910585602.32521@tabby> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 859 Lines: 18 On Tuesday 09 March 2004 03:04, 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. But you did incorporate GPL interfaces, likely some inline functions... - 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/