Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261583AbVDDHP2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 03:15:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261633AbVDDHP2 (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 03:15:28 -0400 Received: from pentafluge.infradead.org ([213.146.154.40]:45250 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261583AbVDDHPZ (ORCPT ); Mon, 4 Apr 2005 03:15:25 -0400 Date: Mon, 4 Apr 2005 08:15:13 +0100 From: Christoph Hellwig To: Paul Jackson Cc: Mark Lord , 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: <20050404071513.GA4754@infradead.org> Mail-Followup-To: Christoph Hellwig , Paul Jackson , Mark Lord , zlynx@acm.org, greg@kroah.com, floam@sh.nu, mrmacman_g4@mac.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org 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> <20050403210145.0d1c1eff.pj@engr.sgi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20050403210145.0d1c1eff.pj@engr.sgi.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 754 Lines: 16 On Sun, Apr 03, 2005 at 09:01:45PM -0700, Paul Jackson wrote: > 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. For a header as in interface maybe not. For headers containing significant code in inline functions the binary drivers is definitly a derived work. - 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/