Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261172AbUKETou (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:44:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261178AbUKETlk (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:41:40 -0500 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([205.233.218.70]:777 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261189AbUKETjq (ORCPT ); Fri, 5 Nov 2004 14:39:46 -0500 Subject: Re: Possible GPL infringement in Broadcom-based routers From: Arjan van de Ven To: Horst von Brand Cc: "Adam J. Richter" , davids@webmaster.com, jp@enix.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200411051906.iA5J6XJd014410@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> References: <200411051906.iA5J6XJd014410@laptop11.inf.utfsm.cl> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1099683552.2814.26.camel@laptop.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Fri, 05 Nov 2004 20:39:13 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 2.6 (++) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 2.63 on canuck.infradead.org summary: Content analysis details: (2.6 points, 5.0 required) pts rule name description ---- ---------------------- -------------------------------------------------- 2.5 RCVD_IN_DYNABLOCK RBL: Sent directly from dynamic IP address [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] 0.1 RCVD_IN_SORBS RBL: SORBS: sender is listed in SORBS [62.195.31.207 listed in dnsbl.sorbs.net] X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by canuck.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 684 Lines: 17 On Fri, 2004-11-05 at 16:06 -0300, Horst von Brand wrote: > Besides, Linus has _explicitly_ said that binary (closed source) modules > are OK (under certain conditions). And AFAIU there was legitimate > discussion wether this particular excemption was required at al. this sounds like a misunderstanding; and linus isn't the only copyright holder. See http://people.redhat.com/arjanv/COPYING.modules for the discussion you aim at... -- - 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/