> Dear All, > > I am planning to use a module in my Open Source project GPL claimed > module. > I have to buy it from the customer. > > The module is so build that it has 2 object files: > One object file will be provided with the source code which registers > itself to the kernel char driver interface and uses them. > The Second object file contains the proprietary code of the > manufacturer. > They build it this way and create a .ko file by linking them. > Later I can load this module into a running kernel module. > > If this is the case, the second object file is not open source. > Can you please elaborate on this and let me know if I can use this in my > GPL based project. You can not distribute resulting binary. > Regards, > Mukund Jampala > / Kari Hurtta > > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs
