Alan Cox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 00:00:27 +0200 > Rene Herman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> On 06/28/2007 06:30 PM, Alan Cox wrote:
>> > Public domain is GPL compatible. >> >> Would you happen to have an opinion on the attached? I don't so much need it > > The answer is "NO!!!!" > > Public domain also means "I don't have to give you the source". > If its merged with the kernel the resulting work is GPL anyway > >> Stating that code which one intends to be in the public domain has "GPL and >> additional rights" is a bit of a travesty though. > > Indeed if its public domain you may have almost no rights at all > depending what you were given. Once you get the source code you can do > stuff but I don't have to give you that. If its public domain I can find > security holes in it, and refuse to provide the fixed module in source > form even. The GPL forces nobody to not release his module under PD, therefore it can't protect you from that. Even minor changes - like adjusting the module to use to the current API - won't change that, at least in Germany they'd have to qualify as a work of their own in order to create a GPL-only derived work, because anything not qualifying for that could also be integrated into the PD version, and both would remain identical. -- "Cluster bombing from B-52s is very, very accurate. The bombs are guaranteed to always hit the ground." -U.S.A.F. Ammo Troop Friß, Spammer: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
