Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261931AbTILWcv (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:32:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261932AbTILWcv (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:32:51 -0400 Received: from pc1-cwma1-5-cust4.swan.cable.ntl.com ([80.5.120.4]:39577 "EHLO dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261931AbTILWcu (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Sep 2003 18:32:50 -0400 Subject: Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model] From: Alan Cox To: "Matt D. Robinson" Cc: Timothy Miller , David Schwartz , Pascal Schmidt , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1063405883.5783.19.camel@dhcp23.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-5) Date: Fri, 12 Sep 2003 23:31:24 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 698 Lines: 16 On Gwe, 2003-09-12 at 22:47, Matt D. Robinson wrote: > So include GPL_ONLY(), don't include GPL_ONLY(), whatever. If you > don't like it, Mr. Customer, find a Linux distributor that will > fix the problem for you. Linux vendors have already recieved, and decided to act on cease and desist letters involving adding hooks (ie EXPORT_SYMBOL stuff) for non free modules that were not in the base distro. I think that speaks for part of the legal view. - 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/