Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264329AbTICSyd (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:54:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264220AbTICSWQ (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:22:16 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:65228 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264242AbTICSUs (ORCPT ); Wed, 3 Sep 2003 14:20:48 -0400 Subject: RE: Driver Model From: Alan Cox To: Andre Hedrick Cc: David Schwartz , James Clark , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1062613180.19980.13.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-4) Date: Wed, 03 Sep 2003 19:19:41 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 759 Lines: 17 On Mer, 2003-09-03 at 18:38, Andre Hedrick wrote: > 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. People will say that I am nuts and have spent to much time in > the disk drive layers and my brain has not stopped spinning to reconnect > to the stem. Mummy there's a troll on the list again... The GPL itself says that derivative works must be GPL. The GPL_ONLY stuff just helps make that clear. - 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/