Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Please open sysfs symbols to proprietary modules | From | Alan Cox <> | Date | Tue, 15 Feb 2005 01:41:11 +0000 |
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> You shouldn't, although many people do. It's a derived work and hence the > GPL is applicable. The only exception we make is for code which was > written for other operating systems and was then ported to Linux.
As one of the copyright holders I make no such exception. Its either a derived work in law or its not. In the former case obey the license or remove every line of code derived from anything I wrote.
If it's not a derived work then fine. If you aren't sure ask your lawyer.
[Sorry I'm sort of obliged to reply to this comment to prove I'm defending my copyrights and not accepting various positions Linus and others may claim exist. I believe others like the FSF whose code is used in the kernel have similar views]
Alan
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