RE: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only

Dave Higton
2008-02-07T16:32:23Z

> -----Original Message-----
> From: linux-usb-owner@vger.kernel.org
> [mailto:linux-usb-owner@vger.kernel.org] On Behalf Of Hans-Jürgen Koch
> Sent: 2008 February 07 16:13
> To: David Newall
> Cc: Christer Weinigel; Marcel Holtmann; Diego Zuccato; Greg
> KH; linux-usb@vger.kernel.org; linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
> Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
>
> Using a symbol from a library means linking to it, and that creates a
> derived work. Why should it be different when using kernel symbols?

There's an interesting parallel in the SCO vs Novell case.

Dave

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