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* TimeSys violating GPL?
@ 2002-12-29 12:12 Martijn Sipkema
  2002-12-29 12:40 ` Rik van Riel
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Martijn Sipkema @ 2002-12-29 12:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-kernel

Is TimeSys (http://www.timesys.com) violating the GPL by extending
Linux with new features (high resolution clocks and timers, protection
against priority inversion) by adding a proprietary loadable kernel module?


-- Martijn Sipkema


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* Re: TimeSys violating GPL?
  2002-12-29 12:12 TimeSys violating GPL? Martijn Sipkema
@ 2002-12-29 12:40 ` Rik van Riel
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: Rik van Riel @ 2002-12-29 12:40 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Martijn Sipkema; +Cc: linux-kernel

On Sun, 29 Dec 2002, Martijn Sipkema wrote:

> Is TimeSys (http://www.timesys.com) violating the GPL by extending
> Linux with new features (high resolution clocks and timers, protection
> against priority inversion) by adding a proprietary loadable kernel module?

If their module is a derivative of GPL code, then yes.

If the total work consisting of GPL code and their
proprietary module is a derivative of GPL code, then
probably.

regards,

Rik
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