Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758714Ab2FAH4e (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 03:56:34 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:40154 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752052Ab2FAH4d (ORCPT ); Fri, 1 Jun 2012 03:56:33 -0400 Date: Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:00:03 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Harald Welte Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] List LGPL (v2 / v2.1) as GPL compatible in license_is_gpl_compatible() Message-ID: <20120601090003.2f7090c1@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20120531222407.GB5256@prithivi.gnumonks.org> References: <20120531222407.GB5256@prithivi.gnumonks.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 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: 731 Lines: 16 On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 00:24:07 +0200 Harald Welte wrote: > It may be a highly unusual choice to license Linux kernel drivers under > LGPL, but at least as long as LGPLv2 or LGPLv2.1 is used, this is fully > GPL compatible and shouldn't taint the kernel. We need to be careful here that people don't think they can use an LGPL module with a GPL kernel and then use that to load proprietary bits, but beyond that obvious interpretation point this seems reasonable. -- 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/