[linux-dvb] Re: [vdr] Re: Re: Bad news (summary)

["Dr. Werner Fink" <werner@suse.de>]

On Tue, Dec 18, 2001 at 06:38:23PM +0100, Andres Torrubia wrote:
> Im not a layer, but the GPL reads (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html):
> 
> 7. If, as a consequence of a court judgment or allegation of patent
> infringement or for any other reason (not limited to patent issues),
> conditions are imposed on you (whether by court order, agreement or
> otherwise) that contradict the conditions of this License, they do not
> excuse you from the conditions of this License. If you cannot distribute so
> as to satisfy simultaneously your obligations under this License and any
> other pertinent obligations, then as a consequence you may not distribute
> the Program at all. For example, if a patent license would not permit
> royalty-free redistribution of the Program by all those who receive copies
> directly or indirectly through you, then the only way you could satisfy both
> it and this License would be to refrain entirely from distribution of the
> Program.

I'm aware of this paragraph of the GPL ... IMHO this does not fit
on a separate binary only modul or library from an other distributor
which is used by a GPL'ed software.  There are many binary only moduls
and libraries out there which are used by GPL'ed software ... think about
system libraries of any comerical OS.

            Werner



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