[OpenAFS] Monolithic kernel (linux > 2.6.8) without loadable modules support

[Stephen Brown]

On Wed, 30 Mar 2005, Nathan Neulinger wrote:

> One issue though would be the question of whether or not this would even
> be legal... The GPL/IPL incompatibility is resolved through the
> separation of the module. Does this problem get worse if you managed to
> link staticly with the kernel itself?

My reading of the licenses is that you can do most anything you want for
your own use -- it only gets to be an issue if you want to release that
modification to the wild.  In an academic or corporate environment, the
definitions of "own use" and "release" or "redistribution" get fuzzy, so
consulting a real lawyer might not be a bad idea... IANL, YMMV, etc.,
etc.

Steve Brown
sbrown7@umbc.edu