From: Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse <sven@iphion.nl>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Does a built-in initrd image fall under the kernel license?
Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:48:41 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <49FEE429.4070902@iphion.nl> (raw)
Hello,
I have a simple question: if I build a Linux kernel and I embed an
initrd/initramfs cpio.gz image directly into the kernel, do the contents
of the initrd image fall under the rules of the kernel's GPL license?
I.e., do I need to release the source code of the contents if I
distribute the resulting kernel?
Please CC me in any replies, I am not subscribed to this mailing list.
Thank you for your time,
Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse
sven@iphion.nl
next reply other threads:[~2009-05-04 12:57 UTC|newest]
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2009-05-04 12:48 Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse [this message]
2009-05-04 13:13 ` Does a built-in initrd image fall under the kernel license? Arjan van de Ven
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