linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH/RFC] alternative aproach to: Ban module license tag string termination trick

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Date:	Sat, 3 Feb 2007 06:54:12 -0500
From:	Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>
To:	Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@...ux01.gwdg.de>
Cc:	Bodo Eggert <7eggert@....de>,
	Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Alexey Dobriyan <adobriyan@...il.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH/RFC] alternative aproach to: Ban module license tag string termination trick

On Sat, Feb 03, 2007 at 12:32:08PM +0100, Jan Engelhardt wrote:
> I strongly nak that. If you combine two object files (e.g. foo.o, bar.o)
> that have different licenses, the resulting object file (comb.o) IMHO
> constitutes a combined work, and hence the GPL should be applied to all of
> it. That obviously "does not work" - what good is a GPL comb.o file if you
> don't have the source to bar.o? 

Gaaah.  This is why it's a bad idea to try to attempt to do GPL
"enforcement" in kernel code.  Your reasoning is totally bogus.  GPL
is only about distribution, and if a user is building a standalone
module which they never distibute, the provisions of GPL won't apply,
since it's only about distribution, and a user who builds an ATI or
Nvidia module in the privacy of their own home won't be violating the
GPL.   

						- Ted
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