Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:51:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:51:38 -0500 Received: from lightning.swansea.linux.org.uk ([194.168.151.1]:11014 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 8 Feb 2002 18:51:30 -0500 Subject: Re: What "module license" applies to public domain code? To: carson@antd.nist.gov (Mark E. Carson) Date: Sat, 9 Feb 2002 00:05:00 +0000 (GMT) Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: from "Mark E. Carson" at Feb 08, 2002 05:07:46 PM X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL6] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: From: Alan Cox Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > Of course, anyone else would be free to take the code and apply any > license whatsoever to it, but my concern is simply what MODULE_LICENSE() > line I can legitimately include, if any. We have to be careful about this because MODULE_LICENSE("Public domain") doesn't mean anything if the resulting code is then shipped binary only. GPL and additional rights is probably closest or even just a /* * When linked into the Linux kernel the resulting work is GPL, you * are however free to use this work under other licenses if you * so wish. See README.blah */ MODULE_LICENSE("GPL"); /* When part of Linux */ - 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/