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Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2007 16:17:55 +0100 From: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> To: "Nathan Williams" <ngwilliams@...il.com> Cc: linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org> Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE usage > My company has been given documentation and the library source under > the terms of an NDA with the chipset manufacturer. We are permitted > to compile the library and distribute the resultant binary blob, but > not release the source to the library. > > The binary blob is linked into the driver we have written. We don't > distribute this compiled module, customers are given the driver source > and the library blob, which they compile themselves. So you distribute a kernel derived work without following the GPL. I hope you've discussed that with your legal team in depth. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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