Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030394AbVLWD2N (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:28:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030393AbVLWD2N (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:28:13 -0500 Received: from ylpvm12-ext.prodigy.net ([207.115.57.43]:10174 "EHLO ylpvm12.prodigy.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030387AbVLWD2M (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Dec 2005 22:28:12 -0500 X-ORBL: [70.231.233.23] Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 19:28:09 -0800 From: Chris Wedgwood To: Diego Calleja Cc: jmerkey@wolfmountaingroup.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, legal@lists.gnumonks.org, linux-fsdevel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, garbageout@sbcglobal.net Subject: Re: blatant GPL violation of ext2 and reiserfs filesystem drivers Message-ID: <20051223032809.GA31909@taniwha.stupidest.org> References: <43AACF77.9020206@sbcglobal.net> <496FC071-3999-4E23-B1A2-1503DCAB65C0@mac.com> <1135283241.12761.19.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43AB32C1.1080101@wolfmountaingroup.com> <20051223025638.GA31381@taniwha.stupidest.org> <20051223041522.ac36635d.diegocg@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20051223041522.ac36635d.diegocg@gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 549 Lines: 14 On Fri, Dec 23, 2005 at 04:15:22AM +0100, Diego Calleja wrote: > So, a GPL application running on top of a BSD-licensed kernel > (or library) is illegal? I doubt it... applications don't link with the kernel, modules do i don't know if that makes modules legal or not, but it's certainly not clear cut - 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/