From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1761729AbYCFO5Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:57:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758036AbYCFO5Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:57:16 -0500 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:37701 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1757538AbYCFO5Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 6 Mar 2008 09:57:16 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols From: David Woodhouse To: Chris Friesen Cc: Linus Torvalds , Pavel Roskin , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell In-Reply-To: <47C838C5.8030707@nortel.com> References: <1204236662.3612.6.camel@dv> <20080229012012.ajlsk4pow8wkkgss@webmail.spamcop.net> <47C838C5.8030707@nortel.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:56:34 +0000 Message-Id: <1204815394.3117.6.camel@pmac.infradead.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.21.92 (2.21.92-1.fc9) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 10:54 -0600, Chris Friesen wrote: > But the GPL only applies to derivative works. Not entirely true -- or at least somewhat misleading as phrased. There are cases where the GPL clearly states that it _does_ apply to sections of code which are "independent and separate works in themselves". -- dwmw2