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

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Message-ID: <20080209144021.4d486300@weinigel.se>
Date:	Sat, 9 Feb 2008 14:40:21 +0100
From:	Christer Weinigel <christer@...nigel.se>
To:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
Cc:	Marcel Holtmann <marcel@...tmann.org>, Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	linux-usb@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 05:10:04 +1030
David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> wrote:

> Now, Alexander Terekhov has forwarded some links to me, relating to
> the question of whether or not a Linux kernel module can be original.
> Bear in mind that these links relate to U.S. Copyright Law.

Mercy, no, with friends like Alexander you don't need any enemies...

He's been fighting windmills for ages.  I wouldn't trust his legal
opinion at all.  He might have some some points, sometimes, but it gets
totally lost in all the noise that he produces.

  /Christer
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