Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965629AbXBOLFQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:05:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965634AbXBOLFQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:05:16 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.173]:62631 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965629AbXBOLFO (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:05:14 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=pwxNw5jAuDC4VK9NMXUvEYt90O5CnSemNbPIi1HZDVSZsrc7myYXByHQpZYObaklmil5J7OZrzphwSBYPb8GXNTLMGs69a9LbEn7DeteeEjYPWAfR9Gyj+wtCI1dYBxQiAk3GV6XbrdRVeNz8Y0fR4mZanqrcMw2ybx0y8j88tI= Message-ID: <3d57814d0702150305m1f752601ie9937822a309b5e7@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:05:11 +1000 From: "Trent Waddington" To: "Xavier Bestel" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: "Mohammed Gamal" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <1171537256.5835.60.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070214231143.11ff6b46.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <9b3a62ab0702142328h87365b6i932d4f2c117f7f0e@mail.gmail.com> <1171533690.5835.40.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> <52d4a3890702150251w7751da0cve55c6f2cf64e1b8e@mail.gmail.com> <1171537256.5835.60.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 652 Lines: 15 On 2/15/07, Xavier Bestel wrote: > But that's not the case with VJ's drivers, which are apparently solely > for linux, so should be distributed under the GPL. In any case, you're free to use any driver, regardless of license.. copyright does not cover use, only "copying" and most, if not all, jurisdictions make it clear that "copying into memory" is not a copyright matter. Trent - 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/