From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752291Ab2HCNZD (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:25:03 -0400 Received: from lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk ([81.2.110.251]:58987 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750835Ab2HCNY6 (ORCPT ); Fri, 3 Aug 2012 09:24:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 3 Aug 2012 14:29:23 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: dmarkh@cfl.rr.com Cc: Chris Friesen , linux-kernel Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE("GPL")?? Message-ID: <20120803142923.311c70b6@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <501BBE45.8060309@cfl.rr.com> References: <50199E91.5040308@cfl.rr.com> <20120801224342.5b90747f@pyramind.ukuu.org.uk> <501A704E.2000301@cfl.rr.com> <501B5D51.5030307@genband.com> <501BBE45.8060309@cfl.rr.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.8.0 (GTK+ 2.24.8; x86_64-redhat-linux-gnu) Face: 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 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > assumption that that actually meant they were NOT using GPL symbols. All symbols in the Linux kernel are to GPL code and all linking dynamic or otherwise is subject to the GPL licence. That is you need to be able to show anything non-free linked with it such as a kernel module is not a derivative work. Alan