Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 17 Dec 1996 10:58:27 +0100 (MET) | From | Janos Farkas <> | Subject | Re: Kernel code without GNU licence ? |
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> > Is it possible to contribute a new Linux kernel > > code so that the contributed part of code > > would be without GNU licence, so that it > > would be completetely free. > > No great idea as this would render the GPL for the rest of > the kernel at least partially useless. I think things > like crt0.o and similar should stay the only exception > from the GPL in a complete Linux system.
Hmm.. there *are* already a few non-obvious parts, but in this case, I agree... How useful would this "free" part of the kernel without the "non-free" (heh :) GPL-ed kernel? If it really is useful, why is it a problem to include it in the kernel GPL-ed, as normal, and distributing it separately under a different license (PD, or anything)?
Janos
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