Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263622AbTIHWzO (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:55:14 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263716AbTIHWzO (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:55:14 -0400 Received: from pix-525-pool.redhat.com ([66.187.233.200]:35608 "EHLO lacrosse.corp.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263622AbTIHWzK (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Sep 2003 18:55:10 -0400 Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2003 23:54:03 +0100 From: Dave Jones To: Dennis Freise Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: New ATI FireGL driver supports 2.6 kernel Message-ID: <20030908225401.GD681@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Dennis Freise , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <001a01c3765b$1f1ad6e0$0419a8c0@firestarter.shnet.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <001a01c3765b$1f1ad6e0$0419a8c0@firestarter.shnet.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 824 Lines: 24 On Tue, Sep 09, 2003 at 12:47:02AM +0200, Dennis Freise wrote: > > isn't the 2.5 AGP GPL licensed? How can ATI then include it in a bin > > only module ? .... > > The ATI drivers are NOT binary-only! http://www.codemonkey.org.uk/projects/agp/binary.shtml > agpgart (modified by ATI, I suppose) is > included in form of sourcecode, being compiled on installation. Dunno what > else could violate GPL :) Linking GPL code to binary .o files, and then disabling the MODULE_LICENSE("GPL") smells pretty fishy to me. Dave -- Dave Jones http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/