Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965648AbXBOLRj (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:17:39 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965879AbXBOLRj (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:17:39 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:54892 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965648AbXBOLRi (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:17:38 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 06:17:30 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Trent Waddington Cc: Xavier Bestel , Mohammed Gamal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Message-ID: <20070215111730.GB8353@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Trent Waddington , Xavier Bestel , Mohammed Gamal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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> <3d57814d0702150305m1f752601ie9937822a309b5e7@mail.gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3d57814d0702150305m1f752601ie9937822a309b5e7@mail.gmail.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 25 On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 09:05:11PM +1000, Trent Waddington wrote: > 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. One area that is clear however is distribution of the result. You're free to do whatever you want to my code as long as it never leaves your computer. As soon as you give it to someone else, you're bound by the conditions of the license to give copies of the modified source. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/