From: Alexander Fisher <alexjfisher@gmail.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Would I be violating the GPL?
Date: Tue, 1 Nov 2005 17:49:03 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <5449aac20511010949x5d96c7e0meee4d76a67a06c01@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
Hello.
A supplier of a PCI mezzanine digital IO card has provided a linux 2.4
driver as source code. They have provided this code source with a
license stating I won't redistribute it in anyway.
My concern is that if I build this code into a module, I won't be able
to distribute it to customers without violating either the GPL (by not
distributing the source code), or the proprietary source code license
as currently imposed by the supplier.
>From what I have read, this concern is only valid if the binary module
is considered to be a 'derived work' of the kernel. The module source
directly includes the following kernel headers :
#include <linux/kernel.h>
#include <linux/types.h>
#include <linux/fs.h>
#include <linux/errno.h>
#include <linux/wrapper.h>
#include <linux/module.h>
#include <linux/iobuf.h>
#include <linux/highmem.h>
#include <asm/uaccess.h>
#include <linux/mm.h>
#include <asm/unistd.h>
Does this make the compiled module a derived work? Are the 'static
inlines' from the headers substantial enough?
I really want to have a clear understanding of the issues before
contacting the supplier. Any advice would be very much appreciated.
Kind regards,
Alex
next reply other threads:[~2005-11-01 17:49 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 35+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-11-01 17:49 Alexander Fisher [this message]
2005-11-01 16:43 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-11-01 19:15 ` Alistair John Strachan
2005-11-16 15:26 ` David Schwartz
2005-11-16 16:39 ` Jeffrey V. Merkey
2005-11-01 20:32 ` Rob Landley
2005-11-01 20:46 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-11-01 19:00 ` Michael Buesch
2005-11-01 17:44 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-11-01 19:12 ` Michael Buesch
2005-11-01 20:46 ` Alexander Fisher
2005-11-01 21:06 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-02 9:49 ` Giuliano Pochini
2005-11-02 14:54 ` Alex Lyashkov
2005-11-02 15:29 ` Nix
2005-11-02 15:42 ` Alex Lyashkov
2005-11-02 16:16 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-02 17:26 ` Nix
2005-11-02 15:55 ` Giuliano Pochini
2005-11-10 19:02 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-11-10 19:12 ` Lennart Sorensen
2005-11-17 21:23 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-11-18 15:19 ` Lennart Sorensen
2005-11-18 15:25 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-11-18 21:55 ` Petr Vandrovec
2005-11-01 22:04 ` Rob Landley
2005-11-01 19:58 ` Lee Revell
2005-11-01 20:30 ` Jeff V. Merkey
2005-11-01 20:57 ` Alexander Fisher
2005-11-02 16:12 ` Stuart MacDonald
2005-11-03 12:44 ` Alan Cox
2005-11-02 22:21 linux
2005-11-02 22:47 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2005-11-03 3:50 ` Rob Landley
2005-11-04 0:57 ` Horst von Brand
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