linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

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Date:	Sat, 09 Feb 2008 00:30:20 +0100
From:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>, 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

Hi Valdis,

> > And while you are talking to a lawyer. Ask him/her if it is okay to
> > create a binary only application that uses a GPL library. Tell him/her
> 
> It's perfectly legal to create such an application.
> 
> It only gets interesting if you *distribute* it...
> 
> (And yes, this is where you *have* to be pedantic about the wording used)...

true, true and true. However I was under the impression we passed that
discussion point, that you can do whatever inside your own walls :)

Regards

Marcel


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