Erik Trimble <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> There have been extensive discussions on loadable modules and licensing
> w/r/t the GPLv2 in the linux kernel. nVidia, amongst others, pushed hard
> to allow for non-GPL-compatible licensed code to be allowed as a Linux
> kernel module. However, the kernel developers' consensus seems to have
> come down against modifying the current kernel GPL license to allow for
> non-GPL'd loadable modules.
If ever, you would not need to modify the GPL (you are not allowed to do so
anyway), but the Linux kernel code would need changes to have more clean
interfaces.
Depending on the type of a loadable module and on the country where the Author
is located (and the local Gopyright law), it looks like non-GPL modules are
usually allowed unless you try to incorporate these modules into the
Linux _project_ itself.
The GPL only requires that all files from a single project ("Work") are
under GPL.
As I would call ZFS a separate project, it may be under a separate and
different license.
Note that if the people who like to disallow code under non-GPL lisenses
like CDDLd code to be used together with GPLd projects, these people must
(if they would be consistent) also demand that GPLd projects may not use
LGPLd libraries (as these libs usually cannot be relicensed under GPL).
Conclusion: it is a problem that lives in the mind of the Linux kernel people
that cannot be fixed unless these people start having a more realistic view
on the problem.
Jörg
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