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Message Posted: Tue, 25 May 2004 @ 18:17:25 GMT
| Subj: | | Re: Teradata on a Linux Platform |
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| From: | | Bob Hahn |
| | re: "If you built binary code that linked to the GPL kernel without requiring a source inclusion, you could effectively extend the kernel
without violating the letter (if not the spirit) of GPL licensing." | |
Linus' stated tolerance of loadable modules notwithstanding (e.g. ported), there is an interpretation that all Kernel modules must be GPL since
they will #include some headers and in effect extend the kernel. I expect that any binary kernel module/driver risks being challenged. Nvidia
for example took a lot of heat. Here's a reasonable summary for those interested:
www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9161119242.html
Here's the discussion including Linus' posts. Look for "Linux GPL and binary module exception clause" in the thread subject.
seclists.org/lists/linux-kernel/2003/Dec/index.html#979
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