On 7/10/07, Jakob Petsovits <jpetso@xxxxxx> wrote: > On Saturday, 7. July 2007, Markus Rechberger wrote: > > only my new sources are MPL licensed there; the v4l-dvb maincode is of > > course GPL. > > Even though it doesn't matter anymore the people who lead me to that > > step know how the code will get merged into the kernel now. It's out > > of the scope of linuxtv.org due useless delaying all that work. > > Er, excuse my baffledness, but how do you plan to get code merged into the > kernel if it isn't GPL? > there's nothing to worry about, the modified target code is GPL again. > Also, mind that the GPL being viral means that any code which bases on GPL > sources must be GPL (or GPL compatible) as well. Afaik, the MPL is not GPL > compatible, so if you put your new code exclusively under the MPL and at the > same time use the GPL-licensed v4l-dvb maincode as a base, you are violating > the GPL. > > I am not a lawyer, of course. Please consult someone with good insight, for > example, the Software Freedom Law Center at http://www.softwarefreedom.org/ > > Regards, > Jakob > > _______________________________________________ > Em28xx mailing list > Em28xx@xxxxxxxxxxx > http://mcentral.de/mailman/listinfo/em28xx > -- Markus Rechberger _______________________________________________ linux-dvb mailing list linux-dvb@xxxxxxxxxxx http://www.linuxtv.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linux-dvb
