Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964959AbWEOPKV (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 11:10:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964962AbWEOPKU (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 11:10:20 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:44991 "EHLO mx2.suse.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964959AbWEOPKT (ORCPT ); Mon, 15 May 2006 11:10:19 -0400 Date: Mon, 15 May 2006 08:08:10 -0700 From: Greg KH To: "Srinivas G." Cc: linux-kernel-Mailing-list , Fawad Lateef , jjoy@novell.com, "Nutan C." , "Mukund JB." , gauravd.chd@gmail.com, bulb@ucw.cz, Shakthi Kannan Subject: Re: GPL and NON GPL version modules Message-ID: <20060515150810.GA13905@kroah.com> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 804 Lines: 22 On Mon, May 15, 2006 at 03:23:30PM +0530, Srinivas G. wrote: > Dear All, > > I have a small doubt about the GPL and NON GPL version modules. > > If I have a module called module A which uses the GPL code and module B > uses the NON GPL (proprietary) code. If the module A depends on module > B, is it possible to load these modules? That is some of the functions > (which are defined in module B) are called from module A. > > Will it be violating any GPL Rules? Contact a lawyer, a technical mailing list can not give legal advice. Good luck, greg k-h - 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/