Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751212AbVKAUqW (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:46:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751219AbVKAUqW (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:46:22 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:60048 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751212AbVKAUqV (ORCPT ); Tue, 1 Nov 2005 15:46:21 -0500 Subject: Re: Would I be violating the GPL? From: Arjan van de Ven To: "Jeff V. Merkey" Cc: alex@alexfisher.me.uk, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <43679B22.8070905@utah-nac.org> References: <5449aac20511010949x5d96c7e0meee4d76a67a06c01@mail.gmail.com> <43679B22.8070905@utah-nac.org> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2005 21:46:09 +0100 Message-Id: <1130877969.2777.4.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.1 (/) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.0.4 on pentafluge.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (0.1 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL RBL: SORBS: sent directly from dynamic IP address [84.119.168.181 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1065 Lines: 20 On Tue, 2005-11-01 at 09:43 -0700, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > Alan Cox and others have publicly stated that drivers, if complied stand > alone with NO DEPENDENCIES ON KERNEL HEADERS (i.e. they do not > incorporate in any way any kernel headers or source code tagged GPL) can you give a reference to that? I can't imagine Alan saying that (probably the negative of the opposite).. since even without using any kernel headers you can be a derived work (when/how/what is up to lawyers, but I assume you can agree that it is possible to create a kernel module that is a derived work even without the condition you describe) and in that case it HAS to be GPL. Alan isn't alone in the position to make that exception, you'd need permission from all kernel authors, but I also find it sort of hard to believe he said that. - 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/