Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Sat, 2 Dec 2000 17:50:35 +0100 | From | Pavel Machek <> | Subject | Re: Fasttrak100 questions... |
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Hi!
> > You are wrong: If you modify the kernel you have to make it available for > > anyone who wishes to use it; that's also in the GPL. You can't add stuff > > No it isnt. Some people seem to think it is. You only have to provide a > change if you give someone the binaries concerned. Some people also think > that 'linking' clauses mean they can just direct the customer to do the link, > that also would appear to be untrue in legal precedent - the law cares about > the intent.
This is currently happening with lucent winmodem driver: there's modified version of serial.c, and customers are asked to compile it and (staticaly-)link it against proprietary code to get usable driver. Is that okay or not? Pavel -- I'm pavel@ucw.cz. "In my country we have almost anarchy and I don't care." Panos Katsaloulis describing me w.r.t. patents at discuss@linmodems.org - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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