On Tuesday, 10. July 2007, Markus Rechberger wrote: > On 7/10/07, Marcel Siegert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > at least for my understanding, markus, please explain to me that, > > if you use v4l/dvb core functions that are licensed GPL, your code IS > > also GPL automatically, isn't it? > > > > and, as you told before, why is there a need to intermediate license to > > MPL? > > Marcel, sorry this code is out of the scope of linuxtv, it's simply > none of your business; A solution has been discussed with Linus and > Mauro already. I do not want that my code gets reused by the linuxtv > project without my authority (eg preventing code stealing).
You can't do that, it's illegal. The GPL was designed to prevent exactly that: software using GPL code but not being GPL'd itself. Even if it's your code and you hold its copyright, as long as you use the v4l-dvb maincode you must put it under the GPL. You can also put it under the MPL *additionally*, but you can't remove the GPL even from your own code. That's what the GPL was made for. Regards, Jakob _______________________________________________ Em28xx mailing list [email protected] http://mcentral.de/mailman/listinfo/em28xx
