Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261808AbVC1Op5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:45:57 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261813AbVC1Op5 (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:45:57 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:17416 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S261808AbVC1Opt (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 09:45:49 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 16:45:47 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Jan Engelhardt Cc: Steven Rostedt , Greg KH , Lee Revell , Mark Fortescue , LKML Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. Message-ID: <20050328144547.GL4285@stusta.de> References: <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> <20050327220139.GI4285@stusta.de> <1111967692.27381.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20050328013902.GK4285@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1562 Lines: 44 On Mon, Mar 28, 2005 at 11:31:53AM +0200, Jan Engelhardt wrote: > > >> > 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? > >> > ... > >> > >> OK, I was talking about US courts since that case was done in the US. > > >And a court decision in e.g. the USA might not have any influence on a > >court decision in e.g. Germany. > > I got a different impression. The US has "the biggest houses, the biggest > cars, ..." (Supersize me), so if something happens in the US, other countries > watch it more closely as if it was the other way round. German judges still decide based on German laws. E.g. it might be legal in the USA to preppare a war of aggression, but in Germany the preparation alone will bring you into prison for at least ten years. The USA might have influence on changes in the laws of other countries, but there will never be an 1:1 mapping between the laws. > Jan Engelhardt 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/