Hi,

ok thats great. But kernel code will go under GPL but user space code will not.

But again question is if the kernel side driver is released under GPL, then do

we need to follow coding styles like /linuxsrc/Documentation/CodingStyle?

regards
Raj

On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Greg KH <gre...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 30, 2010 at 8:21 AM, Raj Kumar <rajkumar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Ok. thats great. because i was thinking if we have proprietary driver whose
>> some parts are under GPL and some parts under proprietary license,
>
> Wait right there.  You can not have such a thing, that violates the
> GPL, so it is impossible, sorry.
>
>> then it means GPL does not enforce any coding standards so then proprietary
>> license company can define its code style for its driver code but not
>> strictly as defined in /kernelsource/Documentation/CodeStyle.
>
> I think the coding style issues are the least of your worries here.
>
> Best of luck with the lawyers getting this all straightened out, you
> need to be working with them right now to get this resolved.
>
> greg k-h
>
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