Messages in this thread | | | From | Bernd Eckenfels <> | Subject | Re: iToaster in violation of GPL? | Date | Sun, 27 Jun 1999 22:59:09 +0200 |
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In article <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906270254130.504-100000@asdf.capslock.lan> you wrote: > No. The kernel is a "whole" work. The kernel is GPL, and as > such, any smaller part of it is also GPL. I think what you > _really_ meant to say is that the kernel has code in it of which > *THE ORIGINAL* code was not GPL.
Yes, but if i take a piece of code, say a BSD device driver out of the linux source this piece of code is still BSD. Its the rght of the author to declare it to that.
Greetings Bernd
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