From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264981AbTLRJv1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2003 04:51:27 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265030AbTLRJv1 (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2003 04:51:27 -0500 Received: from xdsl-213-168-118-128.netcologne.de ([213.168.118.128]:58712 "EHLO herc.66h.42h.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264981AbTLRJvZ convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Thu, 18 Dec 2003 04:51:25 -0500 Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2003 09:51:04 +0000 (UTC) From: Thorsten Glaser To: Randy Zagar cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? In-Reply-To: <1071738720.25032.496.camel@otter.zagar.linux-dude.net> Message-ID: References: <1071738720.25032.496.camel@otter.zagar.linux-dude.net> X-SMIME: No X-Message-Flag: Your mailer is broken. Get an update at http://www.washington.edu/pine/pc-pine/ for free. MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Dixitur illum jrzagar@cactus.org scribere... >As I see it, this whole problem about kernel headers revolves around the >argument that the header files are copyrighted and licensed under the No matter which one, but IMHO is putting a (c) on a header file a Bad Thing(tm). Sure, you'll need a licence to distribute it at all, but if merely using the header file (which is just the API, written in a compiler-parseable form) inflicts restriction on the result, it's ridiculous. (Someone could just rewrite these header files themselfes anyways.) //Thorsten -- Solange man keine schmutzigen Tricks macht, und ich meine *wirklich* schmutzige Tricks, wie bei einer doppelt verketteten Liste beide Pointer XORen und in nur einem Word speichern, funktioniert Boehm ganz hervorragend. -- Andreas Bogk über boehm-gc in d.a.s.r