Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751462AbWEOMwW (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 08:52:22 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751461AbWEOMwW (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 08:52:22 -0400 Received: from relay1.mentorg.com ([192.94.38.131]:63939 "EHLO relay1.mentorg.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751453AbWEOMwV (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 08:52:21 -0400 Subject: RE: GPL and NON GPL version modules From: Xavier Bestel To: "Nutan C." Cc: Jan Engelhardt , linux-kernel-Mailing-list , Fawad Lateef , jjoy@novell.com, "Mukund JB." , gauravd.chd@gmail.com, bulb@ucw.cz, greg@kroah.com, Shakthi Kannan , "Srinivas G." In-Reply-To: <1147697493.25330.77.camel@capoeira> References: <1147697493.25330.77.camel@capoeira> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Mentor Graphics Message-Id: <1147697533.25330.79.camel@capoeira> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-1) Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 14:52:13 +0200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 15 May 2006 12:52:14.0063 (UTC) FILETIME=[6384AFF0:01C6781E] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 756 Lines: 21 On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 14:51, Xavier Bestel wrote: > On Mon, 2006-05-15 at 14:12, Nutan C. wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > > > So, if the proprietary code exposes an interface and if the code within > > the GPL makes a call to that interface, will the proprietary code become > > part of GPL. Please suggest > > No, but you don't have permission to redistribute the resulting kernel > unless the whole code is GPL. > In short, you can make it but you can't ship it. BTW, for a real advice consult a real lawyer. Xav - 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/