Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262151AbVC2CHZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:07:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262152AbVC2CHX (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:07:23 -0500 Received: from smtpout.mac.com ([17.250.248.97]:60634 "EHLO smtpout.mac.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262151AbVC2CHF (ORCPT ); Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:07:05 -0500 In-Reply-To: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v619.2) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Wichert Akkerman , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Sean , Mark Fortescue From: Kyle Moffett Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 21:06:46 -0500 To: davids@webmaster.com X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619.2) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1036 Lines: 28 On Mar 28, 2005, at 20:53, David Schwartz wrote: > The GPL explicitly permits you to modify the code as you wish, and this > includes removing any restriction or enforcement type code. Yeah, sure, one could remove the technological enforcement, but IIRC the thread also brought up that you _still_ couldn't distribute anything that _used_ the broken type enforcement, because changing the source code to include the comment "This is Public Domain!" likewise doesn't make it so. Cheers, Kyle Moffett -----BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK----- Version: 3.12 GCM/CS/IT/U d- s++: a18 C++++>$ UB/L/X/*++++(+)>$ P+++(++++)>$ L++++(+++) E W++(+) N+++(++) o? K? w--- O? M++ V? PS+() PE+(-) Y+ PGP+++ t+(+++) 5 X R? tv-(--) b++++(++) DI+ D+ G e->++++$ h!*()>++$ r !y?(-) ------END GEEK CODE BLOCK------ - 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/