Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 6 Dec 2005 12:21:53 -0500 | From | Benjamin LaHaise <> | Subject | Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario |
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On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 11:18:15PM -0500, Michael Poole wrote: > Besides, if the act of linking is what makes the derivative work, > there is no problem: The GPL allows a user to make any modifications > or combinations or derivatives whatsoever, and only imposes > requirements when the result is distributed. The linking of the two > works occurs only on the end user's machine.
But if it's a module, it's probably been compiled against kernel headers. Last time I checked, header files were covered by the GPL unless explicitly placed under a more permissive license. How do you use something like spinlocks without compiling in GPL code to a module?
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