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On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 19:07 -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: > There will be a GPL'd layer, and it's likely that sysfs interaction will > be on the GPL'd side anyway, for purely technical reasons. Be very careful if distributing your driver in two parts -- a GPL'd part and a part which you claim is not affected by the GPL. If your non-GPL'd section is an independent and separate work in itself, then the GPL doesn't apply to it when it is distributed as a separate work. But if you distribute that same section as part of a whole which _is_ based on the kernel, then the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of the GPL. The GPL extends to the entire whole; to each and every part regardless of who wrote it. The intent of the GPL is to control the distribution of collective works based on the Program; not just derived works. You _really_ should consult a lawyer and make sure the final paragraphs of §2 are taken into full consideration. -- dwmw2 - 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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