Date: 14 Jun 1999 12:19:24 +0200 From: Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no> To: Tani Hosokawa <unknown@riverstyx.net> Cc: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>, Dag-Erling Smorgrav <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, David Kelly <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, Morten Seeberg <morten@seeberg.dk>, freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: SGI Donated Journalised FS Source to Linux Message-ID: <xzphfobf5jn.fsf@flood.ping.uio.no> In-Reply-To: Tani Hosokawa's message of "Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:43:40 -0700 (PDT)" References: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906141737070.1992-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net>
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Tani Hosokawa <unknown@riverstyx.net> writes: > What Dag Dag-Erling, if you please. > is thinking of, I assume, is the clause in the GPL that states > that if a GPL'd component is included (bundled) with another product, the > latter product must be GPL'd. It doesn't work in reverse, and I don't see > the situation being the Linux kernel being bundled as part of the XFS > package. No. Read the GPL, and read what RMS writes about it. Plugins and loadable modules are derivative work, and must be under GPL. The specific example RMS used was that of a non-GPL GIMP plugin (which he claims violates the GPL, under which GIMP is ditributed). He also stated that the reverse (a GPL plugin to a commercial product, e.g. Adobe PhotoShop) would violate the GPL. DES -- Dag-Erling Smorgrav - des@flood.ping.uio.no To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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