Messages in this thread | | | From | (Alan Cox) | Subject | Re: Article: IBM wants to "clean up the license" of Linux | Date | Sun, 20 Dec 1998 02:15:47 +0000 (GMT) |
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> Yes, I think that according to the GPL, any change that IBM makes in > existing code would have to be also GPL. Now if they write their own > separate piece, say a module, I think they can use any license they want. > OSS does not distribute the source for their commercial sound stuff, do > they?
Linus has given permission for third party modules that are not source to be distributed providing they use the existing modules apis. I've not seen a single binary only module thats actually remotely popular with its user base other than the commercial OSS sound modules.
Alan
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