From: "Joshua Hudson" <joshudson@gmail.com>
To: "Ramakanth Gunuganti" <rgunugan@yahoo.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL issues
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2006 19:38:24 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <bda6d13a0604111938j5ece401cid364582fe9d6cf76@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060411230642.GV23222@vasa.acc.umu.se>
On 4/11/06, David Weinehall <tao@acc.umu.se> wrote:
> OK, simplified rules; if you follow them you should generally be OK:
>
> 1. Changes to kernel --> GPL
>
> 2. Kernel driver --> GPL
>
> 3. Userspace code that uses interfaces that was not exposed to userspace
> before you change the kernel --> GPL (but don't do it; there's almost
> always a reason why an interface is not exported to userspace)
>
> 4. Userspace code that only uses existing interfaces --> choose
> license yourself (but of course, GPL would be nice...)
>
> 5. Userspace code that depends on interfaces you added to the kernel
> --> consult a lawyer (if this interface is something completely new,
> you can *probably* use your own license for the userland part; if the
> interface is more or less a wrapper of existing functionality, GPL)
>
> And of course, I'm not a lawyer either...
Excellent summary except for one case. Propriatary binary allowed in initramfs?
Not that I care.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2006-04-12 2:38 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 43+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2006-04-11 6:31 Ramakanth Gunuganti
2006-04-11 8:42 ` Jesper Juhl
2006-04-11 10:51 ` Martin Mares
2006-04-11 17:46 ` Horst von Brand
2006-04-11 13:49 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-04-11 15:49 ` Ramakanth Gunuganti
2006-04-11 16:07 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-04-11 16:29 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2006-04-11 16:13 ` Adrian Bunk
2006-04-11 16:15 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-04-11 16:23 ` Dave Neuer
2006-04-11 18:58 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-04-14 11:39 ` David Schwartz
2006-04-14 14:54 ` linux-os (Dick Johnson)
2006-04-14 17:50 ` David Weinehall
2006-04-14 18:56 ` David Schwartz
2006-04-15 11:55 ` Alan Cox
2006-04-15 13:04 ` Steven Rostedt
2006-04-15 18:49 ` David Schwartz
2006-04-11 15:49 ` Ramakanth Gunuganti
2006-04-11 23:06 ` David Weinehall
2006-04-12 2:38 ` Joshua Hudson [this message]
2006-04-12 3:18 ` Mark Lord
2006-04-12 5:00 ` Kyle Moffett
2006-04-12 5:31 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-04-12 5:45 ` jdow
2006-04-12 6:01 ` David Weinehall
2006-04-12 6:26 ` jdow
2006-04-12 9:13 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2006-04-12 11:33 ` Olivier Galibert
2006-04-12 14:51 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-04-13 22:07 ` Mark Lord
2006-04-15 11:14 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-04-13 22:17 ` Mark Lord
2006-04-15 11:15 ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-04-11 23:12 ` Alan Cox
2006-04-12 7:01 Pramod Srinivasan
2006-04-12 8:16 ` David Weinehall
2006-04-12 9:06 ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-04-12 9:22 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2006-04-12 9:40 ` Martin Mares
2006-04-12 9:28 ` Alan Cox
2006-04-14 11:39 ` David Schwartz
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