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From: hpa@zytor.com (H. Peter Anvin)
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Copyright / licensing question
Date: Thu, 3 Feb 2005 00:46:17 +0000 (UTC)	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ctrs8p$4pq$1@terminus.zytor.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: 20050202232725.GA6197@discworld.dyndns.org

Followup to:  <20050202232725.GA6197@discworld.dyndns.org>
By author:    Charles Cazabon <linux@discworld.dyndns.org>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
> 
> I'm not sure that's the case.  Inclusion of significant chunks of source code
> (not just a dozen lines or whatever) might bring the book into "derived work"
> territory, and your publisher is almost certainly not going to allow
> redistribution under the GPL ...
> 
> The short answer is "ask a lawyer".
> 

I think that would fall under the "aggregate work" clause.

	-hpa

  reply	other threads:[~2005-02-03  0:51 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-02-02 14:49 Copyright / licensing question Frank klein
2005-02-02 15:07 ` Arjan van de Ven
2005-02-02 18:52 ` Rik van Riel
2005-02-02 23:11 ` Thomas Gleixner
2005-02-02 23:27   ` Charles Cazabon
2005-02-03  0:46     ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2005-02-03  8:40     ` Helge Hafting
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-02-03 12:04 linux
2005-02-03 13:04 ` Helge Hafting

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