Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262141AbUKJXT1 (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:19:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262065AbUKJXTI (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:19:08 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:24274 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261256AbUKJXTF (ORCPT ); Wed, 10 Nov 2004 18:19:05 -0500 Subject: Re: GPL Violation of 'sveasoft' with GPL Linux Kernel/Busybox +code From: Alan Cox To: Kyle Moffett Cc: Bill Davidsen , =?ISO-8859-1?Q?=3D=3Futf-8=3Fq=3FRapha=EBl?= Rigo LKML?= , Michael Poole , davids@webmaster.com, Dmitry Torokhov , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <87686367-336D-11D9-857E-000393ACC76E@mac.com> References: <87actqfigw.fsf@sanosuke.troilus.org> <87actqfigw.fsf@sanosuke.troilus.org> <200411092328.16426.dtor_core@ameritech.net> <419283EF.8050708@tmr.com> <87686367-336D-11D9-857E-000393ACC76E@mac.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1100124861.20794.10.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2004 22:14:22 +0000 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 656 Lines: 15 On Mer, 2004-11-10 at 23:09, Kyle Moffett wrote: > GPL. I believe that a single binary firmware image is a single "work" > according to the definition provided in the GPL, and therefore by > distributing their code as a part of it, they have implicitly applied The firmware image is a file system so I'd suspect its "mere aggregation" just like say a CD of GPL and BSD software, or your root file system... - 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/