Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261763AbVC0PJ6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:09:58 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261693AbVC0PJ5 (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:09:57 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:45979 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261763AbVC0PJy (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:09:54 -0500 Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. From: Alan Cox To: Wichert Akkerman Cc: Sean , Mark Fortescue , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <20050327135338.GB14696@wiggy.net> References: <1824.10.10.10.24.1111927362.squirrel@linux1> <20050327135338.GB14696@wiggy.net> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1111935996.8664.322.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:06:37 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 661 Lines: 16 On Sul, 2005-03-27 at 14:53, Wichert Akkerman wrote: > Are you sure? It is perfectly legal to relicense things if you own the > copyright. As long as he never distributes his GPL version I don't see > why he should have a problem. The GPL is a distribution license, it doesn't really matter what you do *internally* with GPL code. It might be a DMCA violation in the USSA but thats because the law is broken. 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/