Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261856AbUKHQjl (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:39:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261937AbUKHQgu (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 11:36:50 -0500 Received: from salazar.rnl.ist.utl.pt ([193.136.164.251]:30658 "EHLO admin.rnl.ist.utl.pt") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261897AbUKHO4U (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Nov 2004 09:56:20 -0500 Message-ID: <418F890D.5070404@rnl.ist.utl.pt> Date: Mon, 08 Nov 2004 14:56:13 +0000 From: "Pedro Venda (SYSADM)" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.8 (X11/20041006) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: davids@webmaster.com Subject: Re: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox + code References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.86.0.0 X-Enigmail-Supports: pgp-inline, pgp-mime Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1435 Lines: 45 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 | This would be perfectly okay provided the source code to the older version | is identical to the source code in the newer version for all the works based | on works that are GPL'd. So long as you can draw a line between the old code | and the new code, then this is acceptable. However, if there are changes to | GPL'd source code files, then those changes need to be given to anyone who | receives binaries from those source code files. In that case, no line can be | drawn. if that's the case, isn't it necessary to distribute the proprietary parts separately (or vice-versa)? else those proprietary parts would also be under the GPL. regards, - -- Pedro Jo?o Lopes Venda email: pjvenda@rnl.ist.utl.pt http://maxwell.rnl.ist.utl.pt Equipa de Administra??o de Sistemas Rede das Novas Licenciaturas (RNL) Instituto Superior T?cnico http://www.rnl.ist.utl.pt http://mega.ist.utl.pt -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFBj4kNeRy7HWZxjWERArx+AJsFabPTBa0edYkg16dHJv/C6bQ4TACfSXgs rnvtaG4Glz3Rli+iLXgQ+wk= =Upuk -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- - 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/