Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261599AbVC0WBn (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:01:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261600AbVC0WBn (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:01:43 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:4881 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261599AbVC0WBk (ORCPT ); Sun, 27 Mar 2005 17:01:40 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 00:01:39 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Steven Rostedt Cc: Greg KH , Lee Revell , Mark Fortescue , LKML Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. Message-ID: <20050327220139.GI4285@stusta.de> References: <20050326182828.GA8540@kroah.com> <1111869274.32641.0.camel@mindpipe> <20050327004801.GA610@kroah.com> <1111885480.1312.9.camel@mindpipe> <20050327032059.GA31389@kroah.com> <1111894220.1312.29.camel@mindpipe> <20050327181056.GA14502@kroah.com> <1111948631.27594.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1111948631.27594.14.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1594 Lines: 43 On Sun, Mar 27, 2005 at 01:37:11PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote: >... > Wasn't this long ago proven in court that the license of headers can't > control the code that calls them. IIRC, it was with X Motif and making > free libraries for that. So, actually it was for a free solution for a > non free one (the other way around). I believe the case sided on the > free use. But then again the free code may have had to write their own > headers and only the API was free. So if you want to compile against the > kernel, you may need to work on rewriting the headers from scratch. Ah, > but what do I know? >... How do you define "proven in court"? Decided by an US judge based on US laws? Decided by a German judge based on German laws? Decided by a Chinese judge based on Chinese laws? ... If you distribute software you can be sued in every country you distribute it. E.g. Harald Welte is currently quite successful with legal actions in Germany against companies that distribute Linux-based routers in Germany without offering the source of the GPL'ed software they use. > -- Steve cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/