Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753074AbYBELqT (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:46:19 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751409AbYBELqL (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:46:11 -0500 Received: from hs-out-0708.google.com ([64.233.178.246]:38372 "EHLO hs-out-2122.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751275AbYBELqK (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 06:46:10 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=epMWPPzVQNzsPMHCp3+fyGAQtAEPCn1ez46T3YDS5dukzvrEffNkr9zg+ieyVFB5F2Fj9q529+V1uIeiheyPGh3J1V76lwXLvJ+89Ob+WQ9iOumitG1pSRs+yuW1RK2KFXR/6E1yARs2YbqfX47r2X4TTEeCEE8vlVPKaZbd8dg= Message-ID: <84144f020802050346h2c26aac4v9841dd5bc98931a0@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 5 Feb 2008 13:46:08 +0200 From: "Pekka Enberg" To: "David Newall" Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only Cc: "Marcel Holtmann" , "Greg KH" , "Christer Weinigel" , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> <47A5D9CD.5070001@davidnewall.com> <84144f020802030743j1278ac64j2ee3e2cbc5c3fefc@mail.gmail.com> <47A5E67D.9040804@davidnewall.com> <1202058820.15090.60.camel@violet> X-Google-Sender-Auth: ce95558e364b1577 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 735 Lines: 17 Hi David, Marcel Holtmann writes: > > You driver was meant to be running as Linux kernel module and thus it is > > derivative work. On Feb 5, 2008 1:39 PM, David Newall wrote: > It is precisely the fact that it is a loadable module, and does not form > part of the kernel, that removes the requirement to distribute it under GPL. What makes you qualified to make that statement (without giving any evidence)? Are you're an expert on international copyright law? -- 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/