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SubjectRe: [OFFTOPIC] Potential GPL violation of Linux kernel by MOSIX?
> > Considered from a copyright point of view, I don't see any difference
> > between kernel modules and applications. From a copyright point of
...
> Copyright law is pretty much irrelevant here; it only serves to
> determine who chooses the license terms, not what the interpretation of
> those license terms is.

No, copyright law is very relevant here, because if blob of code A does
not infringe the copyright of blob of code B, then there is no need for
A's author/distributor to give a darn about the license B is distributed
under.

All license inquiries, whether for GPL or any other license, should really
start with the question "do I need the licensor's permission to do this?".
For software, that inquiry is a copyright question (and maybe a patent
question).

--Tim Smith


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