Messages in this thread | | | Subject | RE: GPL and NON GPL version modules | Date | Mon, 15 May 2006 17:42:31 +0530 | From | "Nutan C." <> |
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Hi Jan,
So, if the proprietary code exposes an interface and if the code within the GPL makes a call to that interface, will the proprietary code become part of GPL. Please suggest
Regards, Nutan
-----Original Message----- From: Jan Engelhardt [mailto:jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de] Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 5:39 PM To: Srinivas G. Cc: linux-kernel-Mailing-list; Fawad Lateef; jjoy@novell.com; Nutan C.; Mukund JB.; gauravd.chd@gmail.com; bulb@ucw.cz; greg@kroah.com; Shakthi Kannan Subject: Re: GPL and NON GPL version modules
> >If I have a module called module A which uses the GPL code and module B >uses the NON GPL (proprietary) code. If the module A depends on module >B, is it possible to load these modules? > Technically yes.
>Will it be violating any GPL Rules? >
[ big IANAL sticker ]
More or less. If my understanding of the GPL is correct, the "combined" thing (the kernel machinery, as in: the contents of your RAM) becomes GPL. But since proprietary code involved, it's gets a hell lot more complicated, since, obviously, you can't just GPLize proprietary code of others.
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