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    SubjectRe: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
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    Marcel Holtmann writes:
    > if a new drivers is originally written for Linux, then you are breaking
    > the GPL.

    Completely wrong. However if the driver is distributed as built-in, then it
    would need to be licensed under GPL. This means that a driver can be
    written and distributed as a module under any licence, proprietary or
    otherwise, presumably with the restriction that it may NOT be built-in.

    > You driver was meant to be
    > running as Linux kernel module and thus it is derivative work.

    It is precisely the fact that it is a loadable module, and does not form
    part of the kernel, that removes the requirement to distribute it under GPL.


    > What are you arguing here. It makes no difference if it is technical or
    > not. The EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL gives you a clear hint that when using this
    > symbol, you have to obey to the GPL.

    And that "hint" is a lie.


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