From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264126AbTLXXeP (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:34:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264128AbTLXXeP (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:34:15 -0500 Received: from warden-p.diginsite.com ([208.29.163.248]:16348 "HELO warden.diginsite.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S264126AbTLXXeO (ORCPT ); Wed, 24 Dec 2003 18:34:14 -0500 From: David Lang To: Mike Fedyk Cc: Stan Bubrouski , Linux Kernel Mailing List Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 15:34:01 -0800 (PST) Subject: Re: is it possible to have a kernel module with a BSD license?! In-Reply-To: <20031224221024.GA6438@matchmail.com> Message-ID: References: <3FE9ADEE.1080103@baywinds.org> <1072303285.2947.215.camel@duergar> <20031224221024.GA6438@matchmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org the question comes back to looking if it's derived from the linux kernel. if it is then it must be GPL (GPL doesn't allow anything else) if it isn't then it can be becouse the GPL is compatable with BSD code. (it becomes GPL for purposes of the kernel, but is also available for other uses under the BSD license) however the big question as always remains 'is this derived from the kernel code' David Lang On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Mike Fedyk wrote: > Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:10:24 -0800 > From: Mike Fedyk > To: Stan Bubrouski > Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List > Subject: Re: is it possible to have a kernel module with a BSD license?! > > On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 05:01:25PM -0500, Stan Bubrouski wrote: > > Why would anyone want to BSD license a kernel module, honestly... > > to work with *BSD? > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan