Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261576AbVDDECp (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:02:45 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261732AbVDDECo (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:02:44 -0400 Received: from omx3-ext.sgi.com ([192.48.171.20]:7399 "EHLO omx3.sgi.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261576AbVDDECd (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 00:02:33 -0400 Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 21:01:45 -0700 From: Paul Jackson To: Mark Lord Cc: zlynx@acm.org, greg@kroah.com, floam@sh.nu, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. Message-Id: <20050403210145.0d1c1eff.pj@engr.sgi.com> In-Reply-To: <42507F2F.1050405@rtr.ca> References: <1111886147.1495.3.camel@localhost> <490243b66dc7c3f592df7a7d0769dcb7@mac.com> <20050327181221.GB14502@kroah.com> <1112058277.14563.4.camel@localhost> <20050329033350.GA6990@kroah.com> <1112069010.12853.52.camel@localhost> <42507F2F.1050405@rtr.ca> Organization: SGI X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 1.0.0 (GTK+ 1.2.10; i686-pc-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 716 Lines: 16 Mark wrote: > Probably all Linux binary drivers *are* compiled using GPL'd header files, > and thus are themselves subject to the GPL. I doubt that there is a consensus that simply compiling something with a GPL header necessarily and always subjects it to the GPL. See your lawyer. -- I won't rest till it's the best ... Programmer, Linux Scalability Paul Jackson 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401 - 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/