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Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:09:07 +1030 From: David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> To: Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org> Cc: David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>, Pekka Enberg <penberg@...helsinki.fi>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>, Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>, linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only Marcel Holtmann writes: > if a new drivers is originally written for Linux, then you are breaking > the GPL. Completely wrong. However if the driver is distributed as built-in, then it would need to be licensed under GPL. This means that a driver can be written and distributed as a module under any licence, proprietary or otherwise, presumably with the restriction that it may NOT be built-in. > You driver was meant to be > running as Linux kernel module and thus it is derivative work. It is precisely the fact that it is a loadable module, and does not form part of the kernel, that removes the requirement to distribute it under GPL. > What are you arguing here. It makes no difference if it is technical or > not. The EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL gives you a clear hint that when using this > symbol, you have to obey to the GPL. And that "hint" is a lie. -- 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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