Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261759AbVC0PGz (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:06:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261763AbVC0PGz (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:06:55 -0500 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:44187 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261759AbVC0PGp (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 10:06:45 -0500 Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. From: Alan Cox To: Lee Revell Cc: Greg KH , Mark Fortescue , Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <1111869274.32641.0.camel@mindpipe> References: <20050326182828.GA8540@kroah.com> <1111869274.32641.0.camel@mindpipe> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1111935867.8664.319.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2005 16:04:28 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 649 Lines: 17 On Sad, 2005-03-26 at 20:34, Lee Revell wrote: > > What ever gave you the impression that it was legal to create a > > "Proprietry" kernel driver for Linux in the first place. > > The fact that Nvidia and ATI get away with it? The choose to take a risk based upon a specific interpretation of the boundary of a derivative work. Since the boundary is untested in law its not certain who is right. Alan - 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/