On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 11:18:15PM -0500, Michael Poole wrote:
> Besides, if the act of linking is what makes the derivative work,
> there is no problem: The GPL allows a user to make any modifications
> or combinations or derivatives whatsoever, and only imposes
> requirements when the result is distributed. The linking of the two
> works occurs only on the end user's machine.
But if it's a module, it's probably been compiled against kernel headers.
Last time I checked, header files were covered by the GPL unless explicitly
placed under a more permissive license. How do you use something like
spinlocks without compiling in GPL code to a module?
-ben
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