Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264203AbTICSpP (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:45:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264329AbTICSnz (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:43:55 -0400 Received: from mail0-96.ewetel.de ([212.6.122.96]:13737 "EHLO mail0.ewetel.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264330AbTICSnC (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:43:02 -0400 To: Andre Hedrick Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Driver Model In-Reply-To: References: Date: Wed, 3 Sep 2003 20:42:51 +0200 Message-Id: From: Pascal Schmidt X-CheckCompat: OK Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 767 Lines: 19 On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:00:24 +0200, you wrote in linux.kernel: > The fact that GPL_ONLY horse sh*t exists means there is a restriction on > usage. So "GPL_ONLY" has in effect violated GPL, by imposing restrictions > of usage. Where is the restriction? You get the source code, you can roll your own and remove the GPL_ONLY stuff. Apart from that I do not recall to have seen anything about restrictions of usage in the GPL... the only thing it tries to prevent is the source code becoming proprietary. -- Ciao, Pascal - 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/