From: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@conectiva.com.br>
To: simon@baydel.com
Cc: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: The end of embedded Linux?
Date: Mon, 7 Oct 2002 19:59:27 -0300 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20021007225927.GH3485@conectiva.com.br> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <3DA1D07E.10994.142437C@localhost>
Em Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:20:46PM +0100, simon@baydel.com escreveu:
> It is likley that this project will not go to the market with Linux as
> the OS. The original intention was to make available all kernel
> changes and ship object modules for the specialised hardware.
>
> Reading the GPL tells me that really it is not correct to ship
> modules either, athough I know people do it.
Well, ask a lawyer, but Linux is licensed under the GPL _plus_ some
extra clauses, for instance it is ok, AFAIK, to ship a binary only module
that restrains itself to using non EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exported symbols.
Think NVidia, vmware, etc.
And yes, IANAL.
- Arnaldo
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2002-10-07 22:54 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 117+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2002-10-05 19:36 The end of embedded Linux? Gigi Duru
2002-10-05 19:46 ` Francois Romieu
2002-10-05 19:49 ` Ben Greear
2002-10-05 19:53 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-05 20:52 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-05 20:58 ` Mark Mielke
2002-10-06 1:54 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 23:28 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-06 0:46 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-06 1:52 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-06 20:20 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 2:01 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-06 4:28 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-06 16:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-06 18:50 ` george anzinger
2002-10-07 10:06 ` simon
2002-10-07 10:36 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 11:57 ` Russell King
2002-10-07 12:10 ` Abraham vd Merwe
2002-10-07 14:12 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 16:05 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 16:02 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 16:20 ` Benjamin LaHaise
2002-10-07 16:38 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 16:53 ` Mark Mielke
2002-10-07 17:45 ` Nicolas Pitre
2002-10-07 18:11 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 18:54 ` george anzinger
2002-10-07 19:11 ` Russell King
2002-10-07 20:05 ` Ben Greear
2002-10-12 10:08 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-10-14 12:26 ` Richard Zidlicky
2002-10-07 17:15 ` simon
2002-10-07 17:24 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 20:22 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 22:22 ` Christer Weinigel
2002-10-07 22:52 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 22:56 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-09 11:19 ` Jamie Lokier
2002-10-08 10:11 ` simon
2002-10-08 11:11 ` jbradford
2002-10-08 11:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-08 12:09 ` jbradford
2002-10-08 11:25 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2002-10-08 11:25 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-08 20:04 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 22:53 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-08 22:38 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 11:27 ` jw schultz
2002-10-09 7:37 ` Alexander Kellett
2002-10-09 11:49 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-09 11:53 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-09 19:17 ` jbradford
2002-10-09 23:49 ` jw schultz
2002-10-13 16:30 ` Eric W. Biederman
2002-10-09 12:42 ` Ian Molton
2002-10-10 4:47 ` Shane Nay
2002-10-08 15:52 ` David Lang
2002-10-09 10:53 ` David Woodhouse
2002-10-07 10:55 ` Xavier Bestel
2002-10-07 17:20 ` simon
2002-10-07 22:59 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo [this message]
2002-10-07 23:18 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 16:15 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 16:22 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 16:41 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-07 21:56 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 19:44 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-08 13:22 ` Thomas Molina
2002-10-08 16:34 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-07 23:20 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-07 19:50 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-08 15:04 ` Matt Porter
2002-10-08 16:52 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 11:38 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 12:15 ` [patch] show Fusion MPT dialog only when CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD is set Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 12:15 ` Adrian Bunk
2002-10-09 19:55 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 19:55 ` Rob Landley
2002-10-09 19:54 ` [PATCH]: Move Fusion MPT config menu into scsi driver support (was Re: The end of embedded Linux?) Rob Landley
2002-10-07 23:01 ` The end of embedded Linux? Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 23:23 ` Alan Cox
2002-10-07 23:47 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-08 0:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-08 1:23 ` Xcytame@yahoo.es
2002-10-06 13:02 ` Ian Molton
2002-10-05 19:53 ` jbradford
2002-10-05 22:23 ` Oliver Xymoron
2002-10-05 23:28 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-06 1:57 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-12 4:01 ` Daniel Phillips
2002-10-12 4:09 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 0:36 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-06 0:41 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-10-06 0:50 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 1:00 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2002-10-06 0:44 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-06 22:24 ` Aaron Lehmann
2002-10-06 22:54 ` William Lee Irwin III
2002-10-07 1:33 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 22:25 ` Andre Hedrick
2002-10-07 9:10 ` Jan-Benedict Glaw
[not found] <Pine.LNX.4.33.0210061854190.24860-100000@coffee.psychology.mcmaster.ca>
2002-10-07 5:38 ` Gigi Duru
2002-10-07 5:42 ` Rik van Riel
2002-10-07 6:06 ` Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo
2002-10-07 12:04 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 12:00 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 12:32 ` Richard B. Johnson
2002-10-07 12:29 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-07 13:06 ` Dana Lacoste
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2002-10-07 20:04 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-07 23:01 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 0:10 ` jw schultz
2002-10-08 9:36 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-08 9:51 Hell.Surfers
2002-10-08 20:00 ` David S. Miller
2002-10-08 12:05 Hicks, Jamey
2002-10-12 20:45 Hell.Surfers
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