Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

mirabilos
2001-04-22T12:33:03Z

> > It whould nice also if we include the type of the license (GPL,...).
> > This for a fast parsing (and maybe also to replace the few lines
> > of license)
>
> Is there any kernel code that isn't GPLed?

It must not, due to the GPL viral effect.

But I know of atleast the BSD compress module.
Because of the licensing it only can be compiled
as a module, so it's not part of the kernel which
if GPL'ed.

-mirabilos