Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:28:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au> Cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gpl'd diff files Message-ID: <199811050828.AAA00949@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 05 Nov 1998 18:42:41 %2B1100." <Pine.SOL.4.02A.9811051836150.3344-100000@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au>
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> I'm considering porting something over from linux which is primarily a > large diff file against kernel sources. The diff file licence is under > the gpl. I'm wondering whether the gpl still applies after I've ported the > diff file over to bsd. I'm not sure whether this would be directly > covered under the gpl, and i'm keen to avoid the virus-like effects of > the gpl covering further modifications to all source involved. > > Any assistance in this would be great. If you use code substantially from the patch, then you will be required to GPL-infest everything you use the code in. The definition of "derivative work" is pretty broad - you can probably get away with using information (eg. register maps, hardware interface procedures) obtained by reading the code, but if you copy code from the patch, you lose. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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