linux-kernel - Re: GPL only modules

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Message-ID: <orlkl56lgi.fsf@redhat.com>
Date:	Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:41:17 -0200
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com>
Cc:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>,
	Ricardo Galli <gallir@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL only modules

On Dec 17, 2006, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@....com> wrote:

> On the other hand, certain projects like OpenAFS, while not license- 
> compatible, are certainly not derivative works.

Certainly a big chunk of OpenAFS might not be, just like a big chunk
of other non-GPL drivers for Linux.

But what about the glue code?  Can that be defended as not a derived
work, such that it doesn't have to be GPL?

If not, can the whole containing both the non-derivative work and the
source code providing the glue without which the whole wouldn't
fulfill its intended purpose be regarded as a mere aggregate, and thus
not be subject to the requirement that the whole be released under the
GPL?

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