Licensing Question

[Alexander Demenshin]

On Wed, Jan 02, 2002 at 10:54:01PM +1100, James Morris wrote:

> Linux kernel modules need to be GPL, as does any userspace program which
> links against a GPL library (e.g. libipq).

  There are few modules which are commercial, even object code only...
  
  And, kernel module is not independent application, so (IMHO) it may
  be not GPLed (there are few which use BSD-like license).
  
  May be I am wrong, but if it is possible to use any kind of license
  for Linux apps, why it shouldn't be possible for modules as well? :)

/Al