From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Nov 5 00:29:25 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA04292 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 00:29:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (castles186.castles.com [208.214.165.186]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA04282 for ; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 00:29:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (LOCALHOST [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id AAA00949; Thu, 5 Nov 1998 00:28:40 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199811050828.AAA00949@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Nicholas Charles Brawn cc: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: gpl'd diff files In-reply-to: Your message of "Thu, 05 Nov 1998 18:42:41 +1100." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Thu, 05 Nov 1998 00:28:39 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > I'm considering porting something over from linux which is primarily a > large diff file against kernel sources. The diff file licence is under > the gpl. I'm wondering whether the gpl still applies after I've ported the > diff file over to bsd. I'm not sure whether this would be directly > covered under the gpl, and i'm keen to avoid the virus-like effects of > the gpl covering further modifications to all source involved. > > Any assistance in this would be great. If you use code substantially from the patch, then you will be required to GPL-infest everything you use the code in. The definition of "derivative work" is pretty broad - you can probably get away with using information (eg. register maps, hardware interface procedures) obtained by reading the code, but if you copy code from the patch, you lose. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message