From: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
To: Emmanuel Papirakis <papiraki@gmail.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: off topic: GPL and binary modules
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:39:59 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <424C43FF.3050107@didntduck.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <11ad0fa80503311026536d9db2@mail.gmail.com>
Emmanuel Papirakis wrote:
> Hello,
>
> before I go on, let me say that I did check the FAQ. I also checked
> the available archives, but curiously did not find an answer to my
> question (so I did Read The Fantastic Manual).
>
> As you know, most available drivers do come with the source code. But,
> still, some come in binary form (often providing just enough code to
> make them compliant with new kernel releases).
>
> Is this a GPL violation ? In any case, what is the official position
> on the subject (is this legal or just tolerated) ?
>
> Thank you
>
> Emmanuel
Search the list archives, this has been flamed to death already.
--
Brian Gerst
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-31 18:39 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-31 18:26 Emmanuel Papirakis
2005-03-31 18:39 ` Brian Gerst [this message]
2005-03-31 18:59 ` Lee Revell
2005-03-31 19:11 ` Steven Rostedt
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