From: Ben Greear <greearb@candelatech.com>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: Jan Niehusmann <jan@gondor.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Input on the Non-GPL Modules
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 15:08:12 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <3BD1F5CC.20BF3F20@candelatech.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <E15v4Dz-0002VM-00@the-village.bc.nu>
Alan Cox wrote:
>
> > What prevents the author of a non-GPL module who needs access to a
> > GPL-only symbol from writing a small GPLed module which imports the
> > GPL-only symbol (this is allowed, because the small module is GPL),
> > and exports a basically identical symbol without the GPL-only
> > restriction?
>
> The fact that it ends up GPL'd to be linked (legal derivative work sense)
> to the GPL'd code so you can link it to either but not both at the same time
If you own the copyright to the small shim GPL piece, can anyone else
take legal action on your part? If not, then all you have to do is not
sue yourself for the double linkage and no one else can sue you either....
Ben
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-10-20 22:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 20+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-10-18 15:29 Input on the Non-GPL Modules Greg Boyce
2001-10-18 16:00 ` M. R. Brown
2001-10-18 16:32 ` Jan Niehusmann
2001-10-18 17:08 ` Tony Hoyle
2001-10-18 17:15 ` Jan Niehusmann
2001-10-18 19:01 ` Tim Bird
2001-10-18 19:38 ` Rik van Riel
2001-10-20 22:04 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-20 22:08 ` Ben Greear [this message]
2001-10-22 15:19 ` Input on the Non-GPL Modules - legal nonsense Tim Bird
2001-10-22 15:30 ` Ben Greear
2001-10-22 17:04 ` Jan Niehusmann
2001-10-25 6:24 ` David Schwartz
2001-10-26 3:58 ` Rob Landley
2001-10-20 22:20 ` Input on the Non-GPL Modules Anton Altaparmakov
2001-10-21 14:28 ` Alan Cox
2001-10-20 22:58 ` Craig Milo Rogers
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2001-10-18 18:52 Mike Borrelli
2001-10-18 19:09 ` Matti Aarnio
2001-10-18 18:55 Borrelli, Michael J
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