From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263863AbTJEUto (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Oct 2003 16:49:44 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263868AbTJEUtn (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Oct 2003 16:49:43 -0400 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:33298 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263863AbTJEUtm (ORCPT ); Sun, 5 Oct 2003 16:49:42 -0400 Date: Sun, 5 Oct 2003 13:46:40 -0700 (PDT) From: Andre Hedrick To: David Woodhouse cc: Maciej Zenczykowski , Rob Landley , "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]] In-Reply-To: <1065386326.3157.166.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> Message-ID: 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 Use maybe but read nope. Now you have crossed the line in GPL, where you have restricted usaged. You lose :-P Cheers, Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group On Sun, 5 Oct 2003, David Woodhouse wrote: > On Sun, 2003-10-05 at 12:47 -0700, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > Reading the C-code and creating another work which is identical in > > functionality and completely original, it is not derived regardless what > > anybody thinks or tells you. GPL only protects the actual file or > > document. > > ...and continues to do so. So if the licence of the original says you > may use it only if you do not create such a work of your own, then as > soon as you create your own, you lose your right to continue to use the > original. > > -- > dwmw2 > >