Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules... | Date | Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:27:18 +0100 (BST) | From | Alan Cox <> |
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> The GPL permits you to modify and use GPL'd code however you wish provided > you don't distribute it. The GPL permits you to modify, use, and distribute > GPL'd code however you like provided you make the source available.
(subject to the other conditions it lays down)
In the US I believe so. In the UK at least loading the code into memory has been ruled an act of copying by a court.
> > No you just aren't thinking about the larger picture > > You are not thinking in principles. A GPL'd package with a digital rights > management scheme you are prohibited from modifying is an abomination to the > principles the GPL was supposed to stand for. This is not free as in > freedom.
If you are prohibited from modifying the code then the code violates the GPL so isnt GPL so isnt distributable as GPL. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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