Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Binary-only firmware covered by the GPL? | From | John Hasler <> | Date | Thu, 25 Mar 2004 19:30:12 -0600 |
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David Woodhouse writes: > The firmware blob in question can be reasonably considered to be an > independent and separate work in itself. The GPL doesn't apply to it when > it is distributed as a SEPARATE work. But when you distribute it as part > of a whole which is a work based on other parts of the kernel, by > including it in the kernel source...
So don't. Put it in a seperate file and load it at boot time. -- John Hasler You may treat this work as if it john@dhh.gt.org were in the public domain. Dancing Horse Hill I waive all rights. Elmwood, Wisconsin - 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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