Matthew Jacob wrote:
> Question #1: Is it _ethical_ (legality aside) to take someone else's
actively maintained work (for example an OpenBSD driver) and make
changes which can not be shared/used by the original developer/maintainer?
Answer #1: Considering that the whole reason I personally
While the title of Marc's email might be construed as flame bait, it is
disappointing to see that the generally very valid points he has made
(as both a BSD _and_ _GPL_ developer) are being ignored. To make it
simple try answering these two questions:
Question #1: Is it _ethical_
While the title of Marc's email might be construed as flame bait, it is
disappointing to see that the generally very valid points he has made
(as both a BSD _and_ _GPL_ developer) are being ignored. To make it
simple try answering these two questions:
Question #1: Is it _ethical_
Matthew Jacob wrote:
Question #1: Is it _ethical_ (legality aside) to take someone else's
actively maintained work (for example an OpenBSD driver) and make
changes which can not be shared/used by the original developer/maintainer?
Answer #1: Considering that the whole reason I personally
> ...The EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is a license statement to binary module
developers...
As noted repeatedly a symbol prefix doesn't appear to carry any legal
weight under U.S. law. In fact the GPL copyright notice is appear
legally limited to the granting of *copy* *rights* per U.S. copyright
law
snip
...The EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is a license statement to binary module
developers...
snip
As noted repeatedly a symbol prefix doesn't appear to carry any legal
weight under U.S. law. In fact the GPL copyright notice is appear
legally limited to the granting of *copy* *rights* per U.S.
As an observation:
The Linux kernel appears to contain the GPL copyright notice. This
appears to explicitly releases the right to alter anything in a copy
written work which shares that copyright notice. Therefore, all
exported symbols would appear to carry equal weight; thus making the
As an observation:
The Linux kernel appears to contain the GPL copyright notice. This
appears to explicitly releases the right to alter anything in a copy
written work which shares that copyright notice. Therefore, all
exported symbols would appear to carry equal weight; thus making the
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