From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261914AbTLCVvP (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:51:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261595AbTLCVuE (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:50:04 -0500 Received: from node-d-1fcf.a2000.nl ([62.195.31.207]:46224 "EHLO laptop.fenrus.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262188AbTLCVsk (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:48:40 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? From: Arjan van de Ven Reply-To: arjanv@redhat.com To: Kendall Bennett Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <3FCDE5CA.2543.3E4EE6AA@localhost> References: <3FCDE5CA.2543.3E4EE6AA@localhost> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-YAhXivcAwE0RqKH1QCFt" Organization: Red Hat, Inc. Message-Id: <1070488074.5223.11.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-7) Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:47:54 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-YAhXivcAwE0RqKH1QCFt Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 22:31, Kendall Bennett wrote: > Hi All, >=20 > I have heard many people reference the fact that the although the Linux=20 > Kernel is under the GNU GPL license, that the code is licensed with an=20 > exception clause that says binary loadable modules do not have to be=20 > under the GPL.=20 there is no such exception, for example see: http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh9/SOURCES/COPYING.modules --=-YAhXivcAwE0RqKH1QCFt Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/zloKxULwo51rQBIRAnXmAJ4mHzZqiFXWlaaBJjWMzTLA/bjznACaA4Kz fqiirj/Toi7XZv7khhBeX7w= =B8cj -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-YAhXivcAwE0RqKH1QCFt--