Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263993AbUCZKGh (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 05:06:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263990AbUCZKGh (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 05:06:37 -0500 Received: from MailBox.iNES.RO ([80.86.96.21]:40206 "EHLO MailBox.iNES.RO") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263993AbUCZKG2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 26 Mar 2004 05:06:28 -0500 Subject: Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? From: Dumitru Ciobarcianu To: Stefan Smietanowski Cc: David Woodhouse , Jeff Garzik , Adrian Bunk , 239952@bugs.debian.org, debian-devel@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-scsi@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4063EEC1.9080203@stesmi.com> References: <20040325082949.GA3376@gondor.apana.org.au> <20040325220803.GZ16746@fs.tum.de> <40635DD9.8090809@pobox.com> <1080260235.3643.103.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> <4063EEC1.9080203@stesmi.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-EZXwy1whWHkLAIMXbdLa" Organization: iNES Group Message-Id: <1080294208.27237.2.camel@LNX.iNES.RO> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.5.5 Date: Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:43:28 +0200 X-RAVMilter-Version: 8.4.1(snapshot 20020919) (MailBox.iNES.RO) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1372 Lines: 56 --=-EZXwy1whWHkLAIMXbdLa Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2004-03-26 at 09:50 +0100, Stefan Smietanowski wrote: > /* > This file is under the GPL, yada yada > */ > #include "things.h" >=20 > void some_func(void) > { > does_something(); > } >=20 > char firmware[]=3D{0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07}; >=20 > void upload_firmware(void) > { > do_upload(firmware); > } >=20 > -- >=20 > Then it seems clear to me that the firmware is under the GPL because it > is PART of the GPL'd file. If you're right, then the "binary" of the firmware it's GPL, not the source of the firmware, because that's what you have in this case :) You can have that ? GPL the binary but not the source ? :) --=20 Cioby --=-EZXwy1whWHkLAIMXbdLa Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBAY/s/QisRnSkd59cRAufwAJsHNzMld0DucqhRxASL1csizPySDQCeIwFz 8IB2cyzJ6DcHpUZ7ZHc4Ky0= =b0qO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-EZXwy1whWHkLAIMXbdLa-- - 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/