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On Sep 29, 2004, at 2:20 PM, Alan DeKok wrote:
Jon Moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:No. The module will be linked into the server, and will be part of it. It therefore must be GPL'd.
I don't think this is technically correct. While I agree that he cannot
distribute a binary-only modified FreeRadius, there is nothing stopping
him from distributing a binary-only dynamically-loaded module (and just
the module) under a non-GPL license. For an example of the way this
works, see closed source device drivers and the GPL'd Linux kernel.
I'm not sure I agree, at least for FreeRADIUS.
Ok, I'm a little curious about your reasoning. Lest this discussion get heated, let me say up front that I think it would be great if he GPL'd his module and contributed it back in to the FreeRadius project as a whole. :)
From section 2 of the GPL (regarding the rights to modify the Program):
"These requirements apply to the modified work as a whole. If
identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the Program,
and can be reasonably considered independent and separate works in
themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply to those
sections when you distribute them as separate works. But when you
distribute the same sections as part of a whole which is a work based
on the Program, the distribution of the whole must be on the terms of
this License, whose permissions for other licensees extend to the
entire whole, and thus to each and every part regardless of who wrote it.
"Thus, it is not the intent of this section to claim rights or contest your rights to work written entirely by you; rather, the intent is to exercise the right to control the distribution of derivative or collective works based on the Program."
So if his module contains no source code from FreeRadius, he can do what he likes with it if he doesn't distribute his module with FreeRadius.
How does your reading of the license differ?
Curious, Jon - -- Jon Moore ISC Networking & Telecommunications University of Pennsylvania
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