Hi Jan,
So, if the proprietary code exposes an interface and if the code within
the GPL makes a call to that interface, will the proprietary code become
part of GPL. Please suggest
Regards,
Nutan
-----Original Message-----
From: Jan Engelhardt [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, May 15, 2006 5:39 PM
To: Srinivas G.
Cc: linux-kernel-Mailing-list; Fawad Lateef; [email protected]; Nutan C.;
Mukund JB.; [email protected]; [email protected]; [email protected]; Shakthi
Kannan
Subject: Re: GPL and NON GPL version modules
>
>If I have a module called module A which uses the GPL code and module B
>uses the NON GPL (proprietary) code. If the module A depends on module
>B, is it possible to load these modules?
>
Technically yes.
>Will it be violating any GPL Rules?
>
[ big IANAL sticker ]
More or less. If my understanding of the GPL is correct, the "combined"
thing (the kernel machinery, as in: the contents of your RAM) becomes
GPL.
But since proprietary code involved, it's gets a hell lot more
complicated,
since, obviously, you can't just GPLize proprietary code of others.
Jan Engelhardt
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