Re: [kbuild-devel] Request for comment -- a better attribution system

Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 24 Apr 2001 14:51:38 +0100 (BST)


> Well, would it be possible to create some module under LGPL, and then
> have included it into the kernel? Maybe it needs to maintain the LGPL
> version out of the kernel, and transform a copy to the GPL before
> submitting?

There is kernel code under a whole variety of licenses. When linked together
the resulting work is GPL but many of the pieces used on their own or in
conjunction with different code are not GPL.

Alan
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