From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754860AbZEDM54 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 08:57:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754002AbZEDM5r (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 08:57:47 -0400 Received: from static.ip-80-255-245-169.signet.nl ([80.255.245.169]:60467 "EHLO mx.dev.iphion.nl" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753969AbZEDM5r (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 May 2009 08:57:47 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 543 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Mon, 04 May 2009 08:57:46 EDT Message-ID: <49FEE429.4070902@iphion.nl> Date: Mon, 04 May 2009 14:48:41 +0200 From: Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse Organization: Iphion BV User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.21 (X11/20090318) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Does a built-in initrd image fall under the kernel license? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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