Date: Fri, 18 Aug 2006 19:56:48 +0200
From: Adrian Bunk <bunk@stusta.de>
To: Patrick McFarland <diablod3@gmail.com>
Cc: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
       Anonymous User <anonymouslinuxuser@gmail.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL Violation?
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On Thu, Aug 17, 2006 at 05:03:03AM -0400, Patrick McFarland wrote:
> On Thursday 17 August 2006 04:02, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > This is _your personal interpretation_ of what consists a "derived work"
> > under the GPL.
> > This is a known grey area that has AFAIK not yet been brought to court
> > in any country, and neither your personal opinion on this issue nor my
> > personal opinion on this issue can replace legel advice.
> 
> And I never said anything different. Stop being hostile to other's opinions. 
> LKML isn't the place for a flamewar.

You said:

<--  snip  -->

Closed source modules are lame, and against the spirit of open source, but
that still doesn't make them against the license.

<--  snip  -->

And exactly the question whether modules with not GPL compatible 
licences are against the license is the grey area.

cu
Adrian

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