Re: is it possible to have a kernel module with a BSD license?!

[David Lang]

the question comes back to looking if it's derived from the linux kernel.

if it is then it must be GPL (GPL doesn't allow anything else)

if it isn't then it can be becouse the GPL is compatable with BSD code.
(it becomes GPL for purposes of the kernel, but is also available for
other uses under the BSD license)

however the big question as always remains 'is this derived from the
kernel code'

David Lang


On Wed, 24 Dec 2003, Mike Fedyk wrote:

> Date: Wed, 24 Dec 2003 14:10:24 -0800
> From: Mike Fedyk <mfedyk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: Stan Bubrouski <stan@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: Re: is it possible to have a kernel module with a BSD license?!
>
> On Wed, Dec 24, 2003 at 05:01:25PM -0500, Stan Bubrouski wrote:
> > Why would anyone want to BSD license a kernel module, honestly...
>
> to work with *BSD?
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