Hi James, James Carlson wrote: > [email protected] writes: > >> ON, I must do the former. What about making the wacom STREAMS module GPL? >> I understand that OpenSolaris (i.e., Sun) cannot use this since then the >> entire >> kernel would have to use this license. But what about third party >> kernel modules? >> Can I use the LGPL license so that my module can be linked into the kernel? >> > > I think asking a mailing list for legal advice is probably not a good > idea. > Yes. I guess I was just trolling to find out what others have done in similar situations. > > >> On a side note, I tried to ignore most of the licensing discussions for >> the past x years. >> Now, I find that it actually may be important. What a PITA... I am >> also worried that >> someone is going to tell me to talk with a lawyer. I have no budget for >> speaking >> with lawyers at this time. >> > > It certainly is a PITA. One of the underlying legal principles that > must be understood is that (essentially) anyone can sue anyone else at > any time for any reason -- there's no curtain you can hide behind, at > least in most countries. So, there's always risk in what you choose > to do in life ... it's up to you to decide how you manage that risk. > > Yes. I have now read the GPL license and think it will in the long term be simpler to re-write my code to use no GPL bits. I don't expect this to take more than a week or so...
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