Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759399AbYA2XJk (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:09:40 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757997AbYA2XJ3 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:09:29 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57564 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754168AbYA2XJ2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 29 Jan 2008 18:09:28 -0500 Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:04:16 +0000 From: Alan Cox To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Pavel Roskin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Jon Masters , Rusty Russell , Giridhar Pemmasani , rms@gnu.org Subject: Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux Message-ID: <20080129230416.1e0a1ff1@core> In-Reply-To: <20080129225701.GS8767@does.not.exist> References: <1201641765.18773.35.camel@dv> <20080129225701.GS8767@does.not.exist> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.2.0 (GTK+ 2.12.5; x86_64-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 List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 585 Lines: 15 > It is interesting that someone posting with an @gnu.org address claims > that dynamic linking of not GPLv2 compatible code into GPLv2 code was > not a copyright violation. > > Is it an official statement of the FSF that such linking is considered > legal? Probably in the same way that gmail represents official google policy ;) 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/