From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S269749AbUJMQSX (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:18:23 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S269748AbUJMQSW (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:18:22 -0400 Received: from ts2-075.twistspace.com ([217.71.122.75]:43402 "EHLO entmoot.nl") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S269746AbUJMQSI (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Oct 2004 12:18:08 -0400 Message-ID: <030401c4b148$2a1298c0$161b14ac@boromir> From: "Martijn Sipkema" To: "Lee Revell" Cc: "Sven Dietrich" , "Bill Huey \(hui\)" , "Thomas Gleixner" , , "Ingo Molnar" , "Andrew Morton" , , , "LKML" References: <20041012211201.GA28590@nietzsche.lynx.com> <20041012225706.GC30966@nietzsche.lynx.com> <027e01c4b12a$188fda40$161b14ac@boromir> <1097682969.6538.5.camel@krustophenia.net> Subject: Re: [Ext-rt-dev] Re: [ANNOUNCE] Linux 2.6 Real Time Kernel Date: Wed, 13 Oct 2004 18:14:55 +0100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1437 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1441 X-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner: Found to be clean Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org From: "Lee Revell" > On Wed, 2004-10-13 at 09:39, Martijn Sipkema wrote: > > As you are mentioning TimeSys; they are distributing a modified kernel > > with added realtime features, but do they also make the source available? > > I know that they used to extend the kernel using a proprietary kernel > > module; a clear violation of the GPL. > > OK, obvious troll, but I'll bite... Not meant as such. > How is this any different from what the Nvidia module does? A module changing the basic functionality of the kernel is IMHO clearly a derived work; whether things are that clear concerning the Nvidia driver module is debatable. --ms