On Saturday, 7. July 2007, Markus Rechberger wrote:
> only my new sources are MPL licensed there; the v4l-dvb maincode is of
> course GPL.
> Even though it doesn't matter anymore the people who lead me to that
> step know how the code will get merged into the kernel now. It's out
> of the scope of linuxtv.org due useless delaying all that work.

Er, excuse my baffledness, but how do you plan to get code merged into the 
kernel if it isn't GPL?

Also, mind that the GPL being viral means that any code which bases on GPL 
sources must be GPL (or GPL compatible) as well. Afaik, the MPL is not GPL 
compatible, so if you put your new code exclusively under the MPL and at the 
same time use the GPL-licensed v4l-dvb maincode as a base, you are violating 
the GPL.

I am not a lawyer, of course. Please consult someone with good insight, for 
example, the Software Freedom Law Center at http://www.softwarefreedom.org/

Regards,
  Jakob

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