Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266519AbUJRNxd (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:53:33 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266561AbUJRNxc (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:53:32 -0400 Received: from chiark.greenend.org.uk ([193.201.200.170]:65443 "EHLO chiark.greenend.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266519AbUJRNxX (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Oct 2004 09:53:23 -0400 To: root@chaos.analogic.com Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fw: signed kernel modules? In-Reply-To: References: <27277.1097702318@redhat.com> <1097843492.29988.6.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <200410151153.08527.gene.heskett@verizon.net> <1097857049.29988.29.camel@weaponx.rchland.ibm.com> <1097860121.13633.358.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <1097873791.5119.10.camel@krustophenia.net> <20041015211809.GA27783@kroah.com> <4170426E.5070108@nortelnetworks.com> Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2004 14:53:21 +0100 Message-Id: From: Matthew Garrett Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1016 Lines: 21 Richard B. Johnson wrote: > If the whole module license issue is truly one of being able > to review the source, then certainly nobody would fear the > inclusion of a "PUBLIC" license string. This would fit the > broad classification of publicly-available sources, not > necessarily just in the "Public domain". For instance, when > a company puts the sources for some driver on it's Web Page, > but doesn't want to have anything to do with Mr. Stallman. This potentially leds to arguments about whether developers who have seen your publically available code are then tainted. If you don't want anything to do with Mr. Stallman, why not just use a BSD-style license? -- Matthew Garrett | mjg59-chiark.mail.linux-rutgers.kernel@srcf.ucam.org - 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/