Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 03:56:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 03:56:51 -0500 Received: from CPE3236333432363339.cpe.net.cable.rogers.com ([24.114.185.204]:3076 "HELO coredump.sh0n.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Sun, 5 Jan 2003 03:56:49 -0500 Date: Sun, 5 Jan 2003 04:09:05 -0500 (EST) From: Shawn Starr To: Andre Hedrick cc: Linux Kernel Subject: Re: Binary drivers and GPL In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1913 Lines: 52 I am not a copyright holder. The only patch that got added to 2.5 was very, very minor (trivial fix, 2 lines). My patchset is GPL but I still have no copyright on this either. I know you need to make money all and all and so do I. But, I could care less if people decide to pull out of Linux because they can't make money from it. It's not going to stop me from working on it for free. I should mention this you do realize that if companies decide to use binary only drivers it restricts my ability to work on a kernel thats in constant development. This also ties in the DMCA (for those in the USA) by not allowing reverse engineering on hardware and software (because companies may decide to add 'security features') so now we can't develop drivers anymore for fear of lawsuits. From there on it gets really, really messy and that would bring development of drivers to a halt. Shawn. On Sun, 5 Jan 2003, Andre Hedrick wrote: > > Shawn, > > You can go download the IETF iSCSI working document. > You and anyone less can go write a driver to replace me. > I already stated, I will use another platform, like NetBSD if forced. > This is not hardware unless I decide to use a CAM card, then the wrapper > around the object in question becomes the GPL driver. > > I originally asked you offline as not to add more noise, while I am > waiting to see what my peers who are the copyright holders have to say > about the issue. > > Are you a copyright holder in the kernel today? > If so, I can tell you will object on the LGPL issue and deny. > Where is the files so I can evaluate my position now. > > Regards, > > Andre Hedrick > LAD Storage Consulting Group > > > - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/