From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932908AbXBYA7q (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:59:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932928AbXBYA7q (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:59:46 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:43425 "EHLO mailhub.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932908AbXBYA7p (ORCPT ); Sat, 24 Feb 2007 19:59:45 -0500 Date: Sun, 25 Feb 2007 01:59:43 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Theodore Tso , "D. Hazelton" , "Michael K. Edwards" , David Lang , davids@webmaster.com, v j , trent.waddington@gmail.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , Neil Brown Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Message-ID: <20070225005943.GW12392@stusta.de> References: <3d57814d0702191458l1021caeyaefd7775398c5f2a@mail.gmail.com> <200702212030.58317.dhazelton@enter.net> <200702212317.16262.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070222164522.GB15659@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20070222164522.GB15659@thunk.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Feb 22, 2007 at 11:45:22AM -0500, Theodore Tso wrote: >... > The only way GPL'ed code can be become copyrighted by the FSF is if > you explicitly sign a copyright statement >... And even this is only possible if permitted by copyright law. E.g. German copyright law explicitely states that copyright is not transferable except through inheritage. [1] And German copyright law says that if you are granting exclusive usage rights, you must get an appropriate payment. [2] Often much might depend on which copyright law applies in a specific case... > - Ted cu Adrian [1] http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__29.html [2] http://bundesrecht.juris.de/urhg/__32.html -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed