[Info-vax] ODS5 on Linux

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On Mon, 2012-05-14 at 22:56 -0400, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> >> If not he is violation of the GPL license!
> >
> > Actually, no he isn't. As he wrote the code, he's perfectly entitled
> to
> > put restrictions on his work.
> 
> No - he is not, because he is using somebody else's code
> and has to comply with their license.
> 
> A driver without a shim is linked with the kernel.

A module isn't necessarily linked into the kernel. It's loaded into
memory and gets used for whatever purposes the user requires it for. 

> The kernel is under GPL.

Correct.

> Any code linked with GPL code has to be under GPL itself.

Not really.

> When the code is under GPL then anyone that get a binary has
> the right to the source. 

If it was linked into the kernel itself then yes the GPL covers it.
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