Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Additional clauses to GPL in network drivers | From | Krzysztof Halasa <> | Date | Sun, 07 Dec 2003 17:15:30 +0100 |
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John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> writes:
> "This file is not a complete program and may only be used when the > entire operating system is licensed under the GPL". > > as > grep -C 1 "only be used when" > > in drivers/net will confirm. > > *Please*, can we resist the temptation to 'play' with licenses in this > way? I suspect this extra clause was added just to clarify what the > GPL already says,
I don't think so - GPL doesn't restrict the _use_, only the distribution.
I.e. I'd be breaking law by merely _using_ the epic100 driver, as the operating system (my experimental Linux-based system) isn't licensed under GPL - in fact, it isn't licensed under any license, as I don't distribute it at all. -- Krzysztof Halasa, B*FH - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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