Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 30 Oct 2001 18:13:49 -0600 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: Module Licensing? |
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Alan Cox wrote:
>>files and closed-source .o files. That is, it's "mixed source" - part of the >>driver is open-source and part is closed-source. What happens if the >>open-source version of the driver is the only code that uses GPL-only symbols. >> How is that handled? >> > > Well then the open source bit would be GPL which would mean you can;t link > it with the binary bit.
Ah, but what happens if I distribute the source code, the closed-source .o files, and a makefile, and tell people that they should link it? Am I violating the GPL, or is the end-user?
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