Messages in this thread | | | From | David Newall <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only | Date | Tue, 05 Feb 2008 22:03:15 +1030 |
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Pekka Enberg writes: > I think you're missing my point: as long as the license stays the way > it is now, you can never distribute proprietary code unless you've > consulted a lawyer and even then you run the risk of being sued for > infringement if the copyright holder thinks what you have is derived > work.
Yes I can, if the proprietary code is not linked with GPL code (and the proprietary code is original). Loadable modules are not linked. This is a very clear-cut case.
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