From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262686AbTLCXcf (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:32:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262695AbTLCXcf (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:32:35 -0500 Received: from mail.scitechsoft.com ([63.195.13.67]:9924 "EHLO mail.scitechsoft.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262686AbTLCXcb (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Dec 2003 18:32:31 -0500 From: "Kendall Bennett" Organization: SciTech Software, Inc. To: arjanv@redhat.com Date: Wed, 03 Dec 2003 15:33:47 -0800 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? CC: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Message-ID: <3FCE025B.7113.3EBE7BBA@localhost> References: <3FCDE5CA.2543.3E4EE6AA@localhost> In-reply-to: <1070488074.5223.11.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Windows (v4.02) Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-description: Mail message body Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org arjanv@redhat.com wrote: > On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 22:31, Kendall Bennett wrote: > > Hi All, > > > > I have heard many people reference the fact that the although the Linux > > Kernel is under the GNU GPL license, that the code is licensed with an > > exception clause that says binary loadable modules do not have to be > > under the GPL. > > there is no such exception, for example see: > > http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh9/SOURCES/COPYING.modules Thanks for the link, that pretty much explains what I needed to know! Regards, --- Kendall Bennett Chief Executive Officer SciTech Software, Inc. Phone: (530) 894 8400 http://www.scitechsoft.com ~ SciTech SNAP - The future of device driver technology! ~