Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: GPL only modules | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:41:17 -0200 |
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On Dec 17, 2006, Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:
> On the other hand, certain projects like OpenAFS, while not license- > compatible, are certainly not derivative works.
Certainly a big chunk of OpenAFS might not be, just like a big chunk of other non-GPL drivers for Linux.
But what about the glue code? Can that be defended as not a derived work, such that it doesn't have to be GPL?
If not, can the whole containing both the non-derivative work and the source code providing the glue without which the whole wouldn't fulfill its intended purpose be regarded as a mere aggregate, and thus not be subject to the requirement that the whole be released under the GPL?
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