Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264771AbUFPUhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:37:55 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264774AbUFPUhz (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:37:55 -0400 Received: from verein.lst.de ([212.34.189.10]:14809 "EHLO mail.lst.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264771AbUFPUhy (ORCPT ); Wed, 16 Jun 2004 16:37:54 -0400 Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:37:10 +0200 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Erik Harrison Cc: davids@webmaster.com, eric@cisu.net, Christoph Hellwig , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: more files with licenses that aren't GPL-compatible Message-ID: <20040616203710.GA10432@lst.de> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Erik Harrison , davids@webmaster.com, eric@cisu.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <5b18a542040616133415bf54d1@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <5b18a542040616133415bf54d1@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i X-Spam-Score: -4.901 () BAYES_00 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1256 Lines: 24 On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 04:34:25PM -0400, Erik Harrison wrote: > > They can't grant that permission. Every single person who had contributed > > to the Linux kernel would have to agree. The GPL prohibits including > > software that isn't itself GPL'd from being combined with GPL'd software. > > The issue is not permission to distribute this driver, the issue is > > permission to distribute the *kernel*. The kernel's license prohibits > > distrubiting it in combination with works that have licenses more > > restrictive than the GPL. > > That better be bogus, or else vendors are going to be very upset that > they can't ship the kernel with, say, trademarked images. For example, > Mozilla's trademark on their artwork is fairly restrictive, or the > Mandrake Firewall product (if that's even still around - I don't keep > up). The trademark doesn't matter at all. If want to include a logo in the kernel source and license it under some GPL-incompatible license, yes they can't redistribute it. - 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/