Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 16 Jun 2004 22:37:10 +0200 | From | Christoph Hellwig <> | Subject | Re: more files with licenses that aren't GPL-compatible |
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On Wed, Jun 16, 2004 at 04:34:25PM -0400, Erik Harrison wrote: > > They can't grant that permission. Every single person who had contributed > > to the Linux kernel would have to agree. The GPL prohibits including > > software that isn't itself GPL'd from being combined with GPL'd software. > > The issue is not permission to distribute this driver, the issue is > > permission to distribute the *kernel*. The kernel's license prohibits > > distrubiting it in combination with works that have licenses more > > restrictive than the GPL. > > That better be bogus, or else vendors are going to be very upset that > they can't ship the kernel with, say, trademarked images. For example, > Mozilla's trademark on their artwork is fairly restrictive, or the > Mandrake Firewall product (if that's even still around - I don't keep > up).
The trademark doesn't matter at all. If want to include a logo in the kernel source and license it under some GPL-incompatible license, yes they can't redistribute it.
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