Re: GPL issues

Ramakanth Gunuganti
2006-04-11T15:49:52Z

Thanks for the replies, talking to a lawyer seems to
be too stringent a requirement to even evaluate Linux.
Who would be the ultimate authority to give definitive
answers to these questions?

Since it's the Linux kernel that's under GPLv2, any
work done here should be released under GPLv2. That
part seems to be clear, however any product would
include other things that could be proprietary. If
Linux kernel is made part of this proprietary package,
how does the distribution work. Can we just claim that
part of the package is under GPL and only release the
source code for the kernel portions.

-Ram

--- Kyle Moffett <mrmacman_g4@mac.com> wrote:

> On Apr 11, 2006, at 02:31:27, Ramakanth Gunuganti
> wrote:
> > I am trying to understand the GPL boundaries for
> Linux, any
> > clarification provided on the following issues
> below would be great:
> > [...]
> > Anyone trying to build a new application to work
> on Linux must have
> > these issues clarified, if you can share your
> experiences that
> > would be great too.
>
> If you're planning to make money off of any code
> developed based in
> part off of the Linux Kernel, you should definitely
> contact a lawyer
> familiar with the linux kernel and ask them. Any
> advice you get from
> this list should probably come prefixed with
> "IANAL", and as such
> isn't worth terribly much.
>
> Cheers,
> Kyle Moffett
>
>

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