Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262782AbVBBXfI (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:35:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262368AbVBBXek (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:34:40 -0500 Received: from S010600c0f014b14a.ss.shawcable.net ([70.64.60.7]:19727 "HELO discworld.dyndns.org") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S262718AbVBBX1n (ORCPT ); Wed, 2 Feb 2005 18:27:43 -0500 Date: Wed, 2 Feb 2005 17:27:25 -0600 From: Charles Cazabon To: LKML Subject: Re: Copyright / licensing question Message-ID: <20050202232725.GA6197@discworld.dyndns.org> Mail-Followup-To: LKML References: <20050202144915.94462.qmail@web42106.mail.yahoo.com> <1107385864.21196.632.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1107385864.21196.632.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1419 Lines: 32 Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 06:49 -0800, Frank klein wrote: > > I am having some licensing questions. It would be > > really great if you can clarify on them > > > > 1. For explaining the internals of a filesystem in > > detail, I need to take their code from kernel sources > > 'as it is' in the book. Do I need to take any > > permissions from the owner/maintainer regarding this ? > > Will it violate any license if reproduce the driver > > source code in my book ?? > > Legally, not if you mention the licence of the code clearly. I'm not sure that's the case. Inclusion of significant chunks of source code (not just a dozen lines or whatever) might bring the book into "derived work" territory, and your publisher is almost certainly not going to allow redistribution under the GPL ... The short answer is "ask a lawyer". Charles -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Charles Cazabon GPL'ed software available at: http://www.qcc.ca/~charlesc/software/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------- - 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/