Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262095AbTIMJIl (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 05:08:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262098AbTIMJIk (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 05:08:40 -0400 Received: from nan-smtp-09.noos.net ([212.198.2.80]:59511 "EHLO smtp.noos.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262095AbTIMJIj (ORCPT ); Sat, 13 Sep 2003 05:08:39 -0400 Subject: Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model] From: Nicolas Mailhot To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-100N2zFLPDg1V8q/8xWp" Organization: Adresse personnelle Message-Id: <1063444117.7962.19.camel@rousalka.dyndns.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.4 (1.4.4-6) Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 11:08:37 +0200 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2477 Lines: 64 --=-100N2zFLPDg1V8q/8xWp Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable "David Schwartz" wrote : [ sorry to interupt your flamewar but the amount of nonsence produced here starts to irritate me ] | Who is sending these letters? Who has no respect for the GPL and seeks | to add additional restrictions? This is no additional restriction. Check your history. The linux kernel was always under the GPL, not the LGPL ie distributing stuff that links with the kernel means this stuff must be distributed under the gpl. At some point Linus decreeted linking closed modules was ok with him (note this was done without consulting anyone, so others contributors could have objected - they did choose to release stuff under the gpl after all - but this being Linus they let it pass) At a later point however the scope of closed linking had grown so big people started saying enough is enough and GPL-ONLY was born with Linus's approval. It is not a licensing change. It's an hint the associated kernel symbols are not covered by Linus' previous informal exemption and full GPL rules apply. To avoid rewriting history symbols that could be used in non-free stuff previously are not GPL-ONLY. People that ignore the hint can and will be sued (people that link to symbols not GPL-ONLY could be sued too but everyone seems to have agreed to let it pass). Removing the software GPL-ONLY checks or working around them has nothing to do with it - it does not change the basic kernel license nor the stated intentions of its authors to enforce it. Hiding a do-not-trespass sign does not give you the right to do it (if you think so do a reality check). So please stop making horrified noises the GPL is being enforced in a GPL project. Don't you realise how ridiculous it is ? --=20 Nicolas Mailhot --=-100N2zFLPDg1V8q/8xWp Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: Ceci est une partie de message =?ISO-8859-1?Q?num=E9riquement?= =?ISO-8859-1?Q?_sign=E9e?= -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQA/Yt6VI2bVKDsp8g0RApmAAJ4rgMi9HnlLpEHfznsrvYWaSxemfQCguVUS 3x/i8q+UdWDHMFhI0BOg7Mg= =/3Xb -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-100N2zFLPDg1V8q/8xWp-- - 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/