Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934600AbXHGPKc (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:10:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761005AbXHGPKZ (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:10:25 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:42639 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752831AbXHGPKY (ORCPT ); Tue, 7 Aug 2007 11:10:24 -0400 Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:17:55 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Nathan Williams" Cc: linux-kernel Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE usage Message-ID: <20070807161755.28e50234@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.13; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 828 Lines: 16 > My company has been given documentation and the library source under > the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted > to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but > not release the source to the library. > > The binary blob is linked into the driver we have written. We don't > distribute this compiled module, customers are given the driver source > and the library blob, which they compile themselves. So you distribute a kernel derived work without following the GPL. I hope you've discussed that with your legal team in depth. - 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/