RE: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?
From: Ingo Molnar
Date: Wed Dec 10 2003 - 16:07:38 EST
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> Then the trick is when does the license flip modes?
> Compile time?
> Execution time?
a license does not 'trigger' or 'flip'. Either the full source code is
licensed under the GPL (by the copyright holders) or not.
a given piece of code might be licensed under an infinite number of other
licenses as well, but this doesnt matter a bit, as long as the GPL is one
of them.
> This starts to become more fuzzy than I care to look at right now.
then ask a lawyer.
Ingo
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