linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] List LGPL (v2 / v2.1) as GPL compatible in license_is_gpl

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Date:	Fri, 1 Jun 2012 09:00:03 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] List LGPL (v2 / v2.1) as GPL compatible in
 license_is_gpl_compatible()

On Fri, 1 Jun 2012 00:24:07 +0200
Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org> wrote:

> It may be a highly unusual choice to license Linux kernel drivers under
> LGPL, but at least as long as LGPLv2 or LGPLv2.1 is used, this is fully
> GPL compatible and shouldn't taint the kernel.

We need to be careful here that people don't think they can use an LGPL
module with a GPL kernel and then use that to load proprietary bits, but
beyond that obvious interpretation point this seems reasonable.

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