From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262712AbUKXOJy (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:09:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262728AbUKXOHL (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 09:07:11 -0500 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:35277 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262718AbUKXNkQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Nov 2004 08:40:16 -0500 Date: Wed, 24 Nov 2004 12:38:38 +0100 From: DervishD To: Pavel Fedin Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Licensing question Message-ID: <20041124113838.GB30870@DervishD> Mail-Followup-To: Pavel Fedin , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20041124140433.1d9d1022.sonic_amiga@rambler.ru> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: <20041124140433.1d9d1022.sonic_amiga@rambler.ru> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Organization: DervishD X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - ns9.hostinglmi.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - dervishd.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi Pavel :) * Pavel Fedin dixit: > Currently i use a little part of ide-cd driver and its includes. I'm not a lawyer, and I'm not a GPL-expert, neither, but AFAIK, if you use GPL code in your project, your code becomes GPLd too. If you use ide-cd driver (or even a part of it), since it is GPL, the code that uses it is GPL too. If Aros is not going to distribute such source code, then Aros is not allowed to use GPL code. Ask FSF for details. Raúl Núñez de Arenas Coronado -- Linux Registered User 88736 http://www.dervishd.net & http://www.pleyades.net/