From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264930AbTLFC24 (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:28:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264931AbTLFC2z (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:28:55 -0500 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:13514 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264930AbTLFC2y (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Dec 2003 21:28:54 -0500 Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2003 18:28:42 -0800 From: Larry McVoy To: David Woodhouse Cc: karim@opersys.com, Linus Torvalds , Kendall Bennett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Message-ID: <20031206022842.GA28765@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , David Woodhouse , karim@opersys.com, Linus Torvalds , Kendall Bennett , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <3FCDE5CA.2543.3E4EE6AA@localhost> <3FCED34B.5050309@opersys.com> <1070669311.8421.35.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1070669311.8421.35.camel@imladris.demon.co.uk> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, Dec 06, 2003 at 12:08:31AM +0000, David Woodhouse wrote: > You either do that or you don't have permission to use my work. Whether > your own work is derived or not is completely irrelevant; if you don't > agree to the terms of _my_ licence, you don't get to use _my_ code. If and only if, as has been pointed out here many times, your license is enforceable. -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm