Does a built-in initrd image fall under the kernel license?

Does a built-in initrd image fall under the kernel license?

[Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse]

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?

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Thank you for your time,
Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse
sven@iphion.nl

Re: Does a built-in initrd image fall under the kernel license?

[Arjan van de Ven]

On Mon, 04 May 2009 14:48:41 +0200
Sven Berkvens-Matthijsse <sven@iphion.nl> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I have a simple question: 

you are asking a legal question, unfortunately you asked
in the wrong place, you should be asking a lawyer that question,
not engineers. Engineers are not the right people to give you 
legal advice.....



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