Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>
Cc: Pekka Enberg <penberg@cs.helsinki.fi>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
       Christer Weinigel <christer@weinigel.se>, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 20:43:09 +0100
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Hi David,

> > I think you're missing my point: as long as the license stays the way
> > it is now, you can never distribute proprietary code unless you've
> > consulted a lawyer and even then you run the risk of being sued for
> > infringement if the copyright holder thinks what you have is derived
> > work.
> 
> Yes I can, if the proprietary code is not linked with GPL code (and the 
> proprietary code is original).  Loadable modules are not linked.  This is a 
> very clear-cut case.

that is not clear-cut case. You link at run-time. Otherwise the module
would do nothing.

Regards

Marcel


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