Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751803AbWJZLJB (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:09:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752032AbWJZLJB (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:09:01 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:52392 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751803AbWJZLJA (ORCPT ); Thu, 26 Oct 2006 07:09:00 -0400 Subject: Re: Another kernel releated GPL ? From: Alan Cox To: dmarkh@cfl.rr.com Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <4540839C.6010302@cfl.rr.com> References: <4540839C.6010302@cfl.rr.com> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 12:12:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1161861128.12781.28.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 749 Lines: 16 Ar Iau, 2006-10-26 am 05:45 -0400, ysgrifennodd Mark Hounschell: > I make "modifications" to the kernel, then create a user land library to access > these "modifications". Obviously my kernel "modifications" are then GPL, but > what is the opinion of the kernel developers as far as the license of this > library? Does that user land library have to be GPL also? Ask your lawyer. It depends on the legal definition of "derivative work", which isn't something a kernel developer can really answer. Alan - 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/