Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 18 Dec 1997 11:14:30 +0000 | From | Richard Jones <> | Subject | Re: OFFTOPIC: binary modules, bad idea! |
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Konrad Rosenbaum wrote: > > GPL and Library GPL do _not_ say that you have to write under GPL if you > USE the library, only if you modify it! > Including it via #include, using it via ldso or linking it into your code > is _not_ modification - it's simply usage - modification would be if you > change the source files of the library and then you're free to distribute > you changed library free and the project that uses it non-free (you just > have to say that they are different projects).....
How does this apply to kernel modules?
Rich.
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