From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 06:00:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 06:00:23 -0400 Received: from cr626425-a.bloor1.on.wave.home.com ([24.156.35.8]:62218 "EHLO spqr.damncats.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 06:00:13 -0400 Message-ID: <3B0E2D3B.EDC082A6@damncats.org> Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 06:00:27 -0400 From: John Cavan X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.75 [en] (X11; U; Linux 2.4.4-ac11 i686) X-Accept-Language: en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Aaron Lehmann , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Fwd: Copyright infringement in linux/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan*fw.h In-Reply-To: <20010524213404.A22585@vitelus.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Not to sound dense, but what part of the GPL prohibits a piece of GPL'd software from including non-GPL'd code? The GPL does explicitly state that you can't include it's software in proprietary code, but I don't recall seeing a provision that prohibits the other way around. It may not be in the "spirit" of the GPL, but as a legal document, the letter means more than the spirit in the final determination. Sorry to intrude on this, but the thought just struck me. I could be wrong in my remembrance. John