Re: Module Licensing?

Larry McVoy (lm@bitmover.com)
Wed, 31 Oct 2001 09:22:28 -0800


> Since your program, which happens to consist of one open
> source part and one proprietary part, is partly a derived
> work from the kernel source (by using kernel header files
> and the inline functions in it) your whole work must be
> distributed under the GPL.

This is obviously incorrect, that would say that

#include <sys/types.h>

means my app is now GPLed. Good luck enforcing that.

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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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