Re: The end of embedded Linux?

[Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo]

Em Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:20:46PM +0100, [e-mail] escreveu:
> It is likley that this project will not go to the market with Linux as 
> the OS. The original intention was to make available all kernel 
> changes and ship object modules for the specialised hardware. 
> 
> Reading the GPL tells me that really it is not correct to ship 
> modules either, athough I know people do it.

Well, ask a lawyer, but Linux is licensed under the GPL _plus_ some
extra clauses, for instance it is ok, AFAIK, to ship a binary only module
that restrains itself to using non EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exported symbols.

Think NVidia, vmware, etc.

And yes, IANAL.

- Arnaldo