Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
From: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@holtmann.org>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
Cc: David Newall <davidn@davidnewall.com>, Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>,
       Christer Weinigel <christer@weinigel.se>, linux-usb@vger.kernel.org,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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Hi Valdis,

> > And while you are talking to a lawyer. Ask him/her if it is okay to
> > create a binary only application that uses a GPL library. Tell him/her
> 
> It's perfectly legal to create such an application.
> 
> It only gets interesting if you *distribute* it...
> 
> (And yes, this is where you *have* to be pedantic about the wording used)...

true, true and true. However I was under the impression we passed that
discussion point, that you can do whatever inside your own walls :)

Regards

Marcel


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