On Wed, Apr 28, 2004 at 06:21:27AM +0200, Thiemo Seufer wrote: > For "possible", that is, unsubstantioned license violation claims, yes.
Distributing a GPL binary linked against code whose source is not available is a clear-cut violation of the terms of the GPL. I don't think even existing practice and opinions of kernel developers are relevant. Considering that the 2.6.5 kernel has over two million lines of code (on a quick count of only *.c,*.h), it's safe to safe some of that is code reused from other projects. Those copyright holders may not even be aware of the issue yet. I don't think it's safe to be dismissing possible GPL violations so readily. -- Glenn Maynard
