Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261298AbVC0FZq (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:25:46 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261299AbVC0FZp (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:25:45 -0500 Received: from siaag2ad.compuserve.com ([149.174.40.134]:18144 "EHLO siaag2ad.compuserve.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261298AbVC0FZl (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:25:41 -0500 Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 00:20:58 -0500 From: Chuck Ebbert <76306.1226@compuserve.com> Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. To: Greg KH Cc: Mark Fortescue , linux-kernel Message-ID: <200503270023_MC3-1-99BE-B601@compuserve.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 683 Lines: 19 On Sat, 26 Mar 2005 at 10:28:28 -0800 Greg KH wrote: > However, if you do wish to create a Linux driver, you _must_ abide by > the legal requirements of the kernel, which I feel, along with every IP > lawyer I have ever consulted, that it is not allowed to create a non-GPL > compatible kernel module. Creating a non-GPL kernel module is perfectly legal. Distributing that module to a third party may not be legal, though. -- Chuck - 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/