Messages in this thread | ![/](/images/icornerl.gif) | | Date | Mon, 8 Dec 2003 08:32:12 GMT | From | John Bradford <> | Subject | Re: Additional clauses to GPL in network drivers |
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Quote from Krzysztof Halasa <khc@pm.waw.pl>: > John Bradford <john@grabjohn.com> writes: > > > "This file is not a complete program and may only be used when the > > entire operating system is licensed under the GPL". > > > > as > > grep -C 1 "only be used when" > > > > in drivers/net will confirm. > > > > *Please*, can we resist the temptation to 'play' with licenses in this > > way? I suspect this extra clause was added just to clarify what the > > GPL already says, > > I don't think so - GPL doesn't restrict the _use_, only the distribution.
OK, more accurately what I meant was that I suspect that the original _intent_ of adding that clause was to clarify the GPL, and that the extra clause fails to do that.
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