On Jun 24, Brian Ristuccia wrote: > On Thu, Jun 24, 1999 at 09:54:46PM +0200, Anonymous wrote: > > My intense observation of GNU/Debian Linux Kernel with > > grep -R "All advertising materials" * has shown drivers/net/bsd_comp.c, > > drivers/net/hydra.h & include/linux/quota.h > > The situation with the Linux kernel is different than the situation with KDE > because the network compression and quota drivers are modifications to the > Linux kernel. KDE is not a modification to Qt. > > It is my understanding that : > > 1. Copying and modification of the Linux kernel was governed by the file > commonly located at /usr/src/linux/COPYING > > 2. Contributors who add to or modify the Linux kernel have accepted the > terms for modification as indicated by /usr/src/linux/COPYING. Otherwise, > they would not have the right to modify the Linux kernel. These > these changes could not exist in the first place if their contributors > did not accept the license for making changes. > > 3. The Linux Kernel's license (The GNU General Public License) requires that > all modifications be under the same license as the software being > modified. > > so, > > 4. The files you mention, while they may themselves be covered by other > licenses as noted in their respective source files, are covered by the > GNU General Public License when distributed with the Linux kernel.
The situation with bsd_comp.c is that you can't compile it into the kernel, but it can be used as a module. make config enforces this policy, even though there's no technical reason why it can't be compiled-in. The other two files are header files; all they do is define an interface, which to my understanding isn't "code" per se. I doubt Linus would have allowed them in otherwise. Chris -- ============================================================================= | Chris Lawrence | Get your Debian 2.1 CD-ROMs | | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | http://www.lordsutch.com/ | | | | | Amiga A4000 604e/233Mhz | Do you want your bank to snoop? | | with Linux/APUS 2.2.8 | http://www.defendyourprivacy.com/ | =============================================================================
