Gentoo Linux copyright / CDDL question

2006-10-17 Thread Mike Cox
ported to the OpenSolaris kernel (hence the xpost to c.u.s). My question is, is the same type of copyright transfer needed to get this driver into OpenSolaris proper? How would we handle code shared between the Linux and OpenSolaris driver? Thanks, -- Mike Cox (the_real_mike_cox) [EMAIL PROTECTED

GPL question

2007-10-11 Thread Mike Cox
lieve; and gdbm) (2) If a required GPL library is missing on the user's system, can I include a copy of this library in my software distribution? -- Mike Cox (the_real_mike_cox) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discu

Re: GPL question

2007-10-11 Thread Mike Cox
On Oct 11, 3:10 am, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Cox writes: > > (1) Can I dynamically link my application with free libraries already > > present on the target system, even if they're GPL'ed? (specifically, > > libbfd, part of binutils, I bel

Re: GPL question

2007-10-12 Thread Mike Cox
FAQ? Is it normative? Legaly binding? > | I'd like to incorporate GPL-covered software in my proprietary > | system. Can I do this? Again, is mere dynamic linking the same as "incorporating GPL-covered software"? -- Mike Cox (the_real_mike_cox) [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list gnu-misc-discuss@gnu.org http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss

Re: GPL question

2007-10-13 Thread Mike Cox
On Oct 12, 5:37 pm, Rui Miguel Silva Seabra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, Oct 12, 2007 at 06:03:03AM -0700, Mike Cox wrote: > > I am still confused. Does mere linking make the result realy > > *contain* code from a GPL program? > > Most rational people consider

Re: GPL question

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Cox
On Oct 14, 3:08 am, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [bah, google groups seems broken] > Mike Cox writes: >> In a previous reply, rjack says that according to copyright law (1) is >> legal too "unless contractually prohibited" but he also seems to think >

Re: GPL question

2007-10-17 Thread Mike Cox
On Oct 14, 3:08 am, John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mike Cox writes: > > In a previous reply, rjack says that according to copyright law (1) is > > legal too "unless contractually prohibited" but he also seems to think > > the GPL is not a c