Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 26 Mar 2004 11:14:21 +0100 | From | Stefan Smietanowski <> | Subject | Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? |
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Hi Dumitru.
>>/* >> This file is under the GPL, yada yada >>*/ >>#include "things.h" >> >>void some_func(void) >>{ >> does_something(); >>} >> >>char firmware[]={0x01, 0x02, 0x03, 0x04, 0x05, 0x06, 0x07}; >> >>void upload_firmware(void) >>{ >> do_upload(firmware); >>} >> >>-- >> >>Then it seems clear to me that the firmware is under the GPL because it >>is PART of the GPL'd file. > > > > If you're right, then the "binary" of the firmware it's GPL, not the > source of the firmware, because that's what you have in this case :) > > You can have that ? GPL the binary but not the source ? :)
Not as far as I know, you can't put the resulting binary under a different license than the source, but hey, IANAL :)
That would make all sorts of nasty implications if it was possible.
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