From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Alan Cox Subject: Re: [RFC v3 00/13] linux: generalize sections, ranges and linker tables Date: Mon, 15 Aug 2016 21:15:06 +0100 Message-ID: <1471292106.5944.3.camel@linux.intel.com> References: <1469222687-1600-1-git-send-email-mcgrof@kernel.org> <20160809152429.5bb1c077@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk> <1470758947.2299.47.camel@HansenPartnership.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============0387795053816116240==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Sender: "Xen-devel" To: Andy Lutomirski , James Bottomley Cc: One Thousand Gnomes , linux-ia64@vger.kernel.org, realmz6@gmail.com, linux-sh@vger.kernel.org, benh@kernel.crashing.org, ming.lei@canonical.com, heiko.carstens@de.ibm.com, linux@rasmusvillemoes.dk, platform-driver-x86@vger.kernel.org, paul.gortmaker@windriver.com, hpa@zytor.com, masami.hiramatsu.pt@hitachi.com, linux-arch@vger.kernel.org, sparclinux@vger.kernel.org, xen-devel@lists.xensource.com, linux@arm.linux.org.uk, x86@kernel.org, anil.s.keshavamurthy@intel.com, fontana@sharpeleven.org, mingo@redhat.com, catalin.marinas@arm.com, dvhart@infradead.org, dwmw2@infradead.org, mhiramat@kernel.org, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, keescook@chromium.org, arnd@arndb.de, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, will.deacon@arm.com, pali.rohar@gmail.com, rostedt@goodmis.org, christopher.denicolo@suse.com, jbaron@akamai.com, ananth@linux.vnet.ibm.com, ciaran.farrell@suse. List-Id: platform-driver-x86.vger.kernel.org --===============0387795053816116240== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=-9BDK4GqpUPTCxb1VKKOi" --=-9BDK4GqpUPTCxb1VKKOi Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > This is the module tag ... it says what licence the module is under, > not the licence for the module combined with the kernel, which is > always GPLv2 because the stricter licence rules. Because if I build a BSD licensed module against the kernel, give you the binaries and refuse to give you the source I am conforming to the BSD licence in letter. So to use it with the kernel it needs to be GPL with additional rights (eg BSD including the source...) Alan ##SELECTION_END## --=-9BDK4GqpUPTCxb1VKKOi Content-Type: text/html; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

> This is the module tag ... it says what licence the module is under,
> not the licence for the module combined with the kernel, which is
> always GPLv2 because the stricter licence rules.

Because if I build a BSD licensed module against the kernel, give you the binaries and refuse to give you the source I am conforming to the BSD licence in letter. So to use it with the kernel it needs to be GPL with additional rights (eg BSD including the source...)

Alan

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> This is the module tag ... it says what licence the module is under,
> not the licence for the module combined with the kernel, which is
> always GPLv2 because the stricter licence rules.

Because if I build a BSD licensed module against the kernel, give you the binaries and refuse to give you the source I am conforming to the BSD licence in letter. So to use it with the kernel it needs to be GPL with additional rights (eg BSD including the source...)

Alan

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