From: Jean Tourrilhes <jt@bougret.hpl.hp.com>
To: Linux kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jamie Lokier <jamie@shareable.org>
Cc: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Pavel Machek <pavel@ucw.cz>
Subject: Re: Using GPL'd Linux drivers with non-GPL, binary-only kernel
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 18:23:45 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20030509012344.GA29065@bougret.hpl.hp.com> (raw)
Jamie Lokier wrote :
>
> What's the position of kernel developers towards using the GPL'd Linux
> kernel modules - that is, device drivers, network stack, filesystems
> etc. - with a binary-only, closed source kernel that is written
> independently of Linux?
This is the position of Donald Becker :
http://www.scyld.com/expert/modules.html#legal
I would personally ask you to respect the wishes of Don with
respect to all drivers containing his code, just to respect the vast
contribution he made to the Linux community.
My position is similar. If the author wants to make a driver
available to non-GPL kernel, he can always dual license it. In fact,
you will find that many external Linux drivers are available under
dual licences (GPL/MPL, GPL/BSD or GPL/proprietary). For example most
drivers from David Hinds (Pcmcia) are GPL/MPL.
Have fun...
Jean
next reply other threads:[~2003-05-09 1:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-05-09 1:23 Jean Tourrilhes [this message]
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2003-05-13 9:08 Dean McEwan
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2003-05-07 16:57 ` Eric W. Biederman
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2003-05-07 1:17 ` Tony 'Nicoya' Mantler
2003-05-06 16:42 Jamie Lokier
2003-05-06 17:35 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-06 18:54 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-06 19:28 ` Jean-Marc Lienher
2003-05-06 19:53 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-06 22:31 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-06 21:38 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-08 21:36 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-06 19:17 ` Eric W. Biederman
2003-05-06 21:55 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-06 22:21 ` David Schwartz
2003-05-07 8:21 ` Eric W. Biederman
2003-05-07 14:25 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-05-07 14:31 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-07 15:50 ` Eric W. Biederman
2003-05-06 20:43 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-06 22:18 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-06 21:31 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-06 22:48 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-07 12:20 ` Alan Cox
2003-05-07 14:26 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-05-07 15:18 ` Pavel Machek
2003-05-08 11:11 ` Krzysztof Halasa
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