From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
To: Frank klein <frnk_kln@yahoo.com>
Cc: LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Copyright / licensing question
Date: Thu, 03 Feb 2005 00:11:04 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1107385864.21196.632.camel@tglx.tec.linutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20050202144915.94462.qmail@web42106.mail.yahoo.com>
On Wed, 2005-02-02 at 06:49 -0800, Frank klein wrote:
> I am having some licensing questions. It would be
> really great if you can clarify on them
>
> 1. For explaining the internals of a filesystem in
> detail, I need to take their code from kernel sources
> 'as it is' in the book. Do I need to take any
> permissions from the owner/maintainer regarding this ?
> Will it violate any license if reproduce the driver
> source code in my book ??
Legally, not if you mention the licence of the code clearly.
Personaly, I think it's a question of etiquette whether to contact the
authors or not.
tglx
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-02-02 23:19 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-02-02 14:49 Frank klein
2005-02-02 15:07 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-02-02 18:52 ` Rik van Riel
2005-02-02 23:11 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
2005-02-02 23:27 ` Charles Cazabon
2005-02-03 0:46 ` H. Peter Anvin
2005-02-03 8:40 ` Helge Hafting
2005-02-03 12:04 linux
2005-02-03 13:04 ` Helge Hafting
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