Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Input on the Non-GPL Modules | Date | Sun, 21 Oct 2001 15:28:49 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> And even if yes, one could just implement the "shim GPL piece" as a server > with an exported binary access interface (use of a CORBA implementation > springs to mind for example) and the non-GPL code then functions as a > client to the server. Nobody can say that that is not legal. Otherwise you > would have to demand that all network clients accessing Linux servers > become open source which could never be upheld...
It would depend on the derivative nature of the work. "Linking" is not a programming thing here. The objective C case was two seperate binaries for example - 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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