Re: Kernel code without GNU licence ?
Janos Farkas (chexum@bankinf.banki.hu)
Tue, 17 Dec 1996 10:58:27 +0100 (MET)
> > Is it possible to contribute a new Linux kernel
> > code so that the contributed part of code
> > would be without GNU licence, so that it
> > would be completetely free.
>
> No great idea as this would render the GPL for the rest of
> the kernel at least partially useless. I think things
> like crt0.o and similar should stay the only exception
> from the GPL in a complete Linux system.
Hmm.. there *are* already a few non-obvious parts, but in this case, I
agree... How useful would this "free" part of the kernel without the
"non-free" (heh :) GPL-ed kernel? If it really is useful, why is it a
problem to include it in the kernel GPL-ed, as normal, and distributing it
separately under a different license (PD, or anything)?
Janos