Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261978AbVC1Sih (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:38:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261980AbVC1Sih (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:38:37 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:48573 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261978AbVC1Sid (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:38:33 -0500 Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 13:38:28 -0500 (EST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@chimarrao.boston.redhat.com To: Mark Fortescue cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1009 Lines: 23 On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Mark Fortescue wrote: > If you read the Linux Kernel header file "linux/module.h", there is a > section about Licenses. If "Proprietary" licences are not leagal, then why > are they supported ? > > The implication of providing support for them in the header file is that > it is leagal to create and supply them. That is your interpretation. Your lawyer might well have a different opinion, and judges might have yet other opinions. If you want to know the answer to your question with a higher degree of certainty, ask your lawyer. -- "Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are, by definition, not smart enough to debug it." - Brian W. Kernighan - 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/