Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 29 Aug 2000 02:19:55 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Mike A. Harris" <> | Subject | Re: If loadable modules are covered by Linux GPL? |
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On Mon, 28 Aug 2000, Simon Richter wrote:
>> These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. > >So it applies only to a modified kernel source tree, not to a program that >changes runtime behaviour. #including header files should be safe, >especially if you do not redistribute them (which is a good idea).
#include'ing header files is not necessarily ok. Some headers include "inline functions" which is GPL code. Such inclusion in a module makes that module have to comply with GPL.
-- Mike A. Harris Linux advocate Computer Consultant GNU advocate Capslock Consulting Open Source advocate
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