Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:53:30 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:52:08 -0400 Received: from router-100M.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.17]:4364 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:51:00 -0400 Subject: Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system To: markus.schaber@student.uni-ulm.de (Markus Schaber) Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:51:38 +0100 (BST) Cc: eccesys@topmail.de (mirabilos), esr@thyrsus.com, cate@dplanet.ch (Giacomo A. Catenazzi), linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org (CML2), kbuild-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <3AE53B9E.1C52266C@student.uni-ulm.de> from "Markus Schaber" at Apr 24, 2001 10:38:54 AM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Well, would it be possible to create some module under LGPL, and then > have included it into the kernel? Maybe it needs to maintain the LGPL > version out of the kernel, and transform a copy to the GPL before > submitting? There is kernel code under a whole variety of licenses. When linked together the resulting work is GPL but many of the pieces used on their own or in conjunction with different code are not GPL. Alan - 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/