Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario

[Helge Hafting]

Benjamin LaHaise wrote:

> On Mon, Dec 05, 2005 at 11:18:15PM -0500, Michael Poole wrote:
>  
>
> > Besides, if the act of linking is what makes the derivative work,
> > there is no problem: The GPL allows a user to make any modifications
> > or combinations or derivatives whatsoever, and only imposes
> > requirements when the result is distributed.  The linking of the two
> > works occurs only on the end user's machine.
> >    
>
> But if it's a module, it's probably been compiled against kernel headers.  
> Last time I checked, header files were covered by the GPL unless explicitly 
> placed under a more permissive license.  How do you use something like 
> spinlocks without compiling in GPL code to a module?
>  
They can always claim that reverse engineering works both ways.
Linux spinlocks can be reverse engineered, or they can search
the mailing list archives for detailed explanations. :-/

Helge Hafting
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