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Article #15Re: RedHat CEO says home users shouldn't use Linux
From: Ed Murphy
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 04:21
Date: Fri, 07 Nov 2003 04:21
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On Wed, 05 Nov 2003 11:40:59 +0000, Bill Unruh wrote: > So, I add a module to the kernel, and I put a restrictive license on > that module. I can therefor license the whole kernel under a more > restrictive license? No. That kernel as a whole is a derivative work, > just as the distribution as a whole is a derivative work, and as a > derivative work of a GPL licensed work, it must also be released under > the GPL. If a CD contains piece #1 (GPL) and piece #2 (non-GPL), then you can release the CD as non-GPL. However, piece #1 remains GPL. I haven't looked into it in detail, but aren't Nvidia's binary-only drivers a concrete example of this? I guess they must be non-GPL, since they're "binary-only"; but linking them to the kernel does not magically un-GPL the kernel. If you don't agree to Nvidia's terms, then you just unlink the drivers from the kernel and replace them with something else.
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