Re: Does rebuilding the kernel come under GPL if I change some macro constant value in Linux header and recompile

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On Thu, Feb 17, 2005 at 11:12:39 +0530, Kotian, Deepak wrote:
> If I rebuild the kernel after just changing only macro constant value 
> in Linux header(disk_stat.h file) and recompile. The header file is not released under GPL, atleast
> header comments has no GPL release comment.
> Do I need to release new kernel under GPL.

1) ALL kernel sources are under GPL. They _should_ contain the comment,
   but even if they don't, they are a part of GPLed source and as such
   they are covered by GPL.
2) You are reading GPL wrong. GPL says you _CAN_ release it. Not that
   you need to!

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						 Jan 'Bulb' Hudec <bulb@xxxxxx>

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