Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754503AbWLRWOO (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:14:14 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754685AbWLRWOO (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:14:14 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:35795 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754503AbWLRWON (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:14:13 -0500 Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 22:14:00 +0000 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: Kyle Moffett , Linus Torvalds , Ricardo Galli , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules Message-ID: <20061218221400.GA25472@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Alexandre Oliva , Kyle Moffett , Linus Torvalds , Ricardo Galli , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200612161927.13860.gallir@gmail.com> <86C272DA-23BA-4901-994D-6CABCC87A2DE@mac.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 951 Lines: 22 On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 05:41:17PM -0200, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Dec 17, 2006, Kyle Moffett wrote: > > > On the other hand, certain projects like OpenAFS, while not license- > > compatible, are certainly not derivative works. > > Certainly a big chunk of OpenAFS might not be, just like a big chunk > of other non-GPL drivers for Linux. > > But what about the glue code? Can that be defended as not a derived > work, such that it doesn't have to be GPL? Actually the OpenAFS kernel code almost 100% is a derived work of both the original AFS codebase and Linux. Just go and take a look at it, there's shitloads of copy & paste and very deep poking into kernel internals. - 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/