Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S264368AbUD0Vd2 (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:33:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S264365AbUD0VdR (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:33:17 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cirt.vt.edu ([128.173.54.129]:34952 "EHLO turing-police.cirt.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S264364AbUD0VdM (ORCPT ); Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:33:12 -0400 Message-Id: <200404272133.i3RLX73T023667@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Junio C Hamano Cc: Paulo Marques , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:17:06 PDT." <7v65blp1d9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <408DC0E0.7090500@gmx.net> <1083045844.2150.105.camel@bach> <20040427092159.GC29503@lug-owl.de> <408E37D9.7030804@gmx.net> <408E5944.8090807@grupopie.com> <7v65blp1d9.fsf@assigned-by-dhcp.cox.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_-1874494429P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2004 17:33:07 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1230 Lines: 36 --==_Exmh_-1874494429P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Tue, 27 Apr 2004 14:17:06 PDT, Junio C Hamano said: > under GPL, but even if it did, I do not think they have any > obligation to give us the source. GPL says "You may do such and > such provided if you do so and so" but that is all about the > Licensee. It does not talk anything about what the copyright > holder may, may not, nor must do :). Remember however that it's *really* difficult to create a kernel module that's not a derivative work of the kernel - and for *that* side of the fence, they are indeed a licensee of the kernel source tree, not the copyright holder of their code.... --==_Exmh_-1874494429P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFAjtGTcC3lWbTT17ARAsXNAKCzokuM1wvBgJBOcs2wjNRnvG8yqwCg08Xu /NWaHJa7Gnn5BAXetNmAJfM= =hT+o -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_-1874494429P-- - 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/