* Derrick J Brashear wrote: > On Fri, 25 Aug 2006, Lars Wilke wrote: > >* Derrick J Brashear wrote: > >>On Thu, 24 Aug 2006, Lars Wilke wrote: > >>>The IBM Public License is incompatible with GPLv2 AFAIK > >>It depends what you mean by incompatible. > > > >Hm, i meant that here > > > > http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/license-list.html > > > >Look in the incompatible section. > > "Whether it is compatible with the GNU GPL. (This means you can combine a > module which was released under that license with a GPL-covered module to > make one larger program.)"
Please note i am not a lawyer and my english is probably not good enough to discuss this in full detail. I would bet that regarding of the country you live in the rules regarding the GPL are interpreted more less differently. That said i would be very happy to have the OpenAFS Module included in mainline. But the controversial point regarding the GPL AFAIU is that if you link stuff into a GPLed program (the kernel) it becomes infected by the GPL, too. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/licenses/gpl-faq.html#TOCGPLModuleLicense Though i remember reading about an exception to this rule, hmpf can't find it atm. > Well, ok, but when I am done I have a module, and I have a kernel. Did I > combine them? That's the crux of the issue. Well, it depends ... :) If you link one against the other, i guess, yes you combined them. > Next time I boot, I still have to do it again. So I argue... Yeah and i bet there are different opinions on that in different countries. So either build a kernel for different countries or don't include it. But as i said i am no lawyer. cheers --lars _______________________________________________ OpenAFS-info mailing list OpenAFS-info@openafs.org https://lists.openafs.org/mailman/listinfo/openafs-info