Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751040AbVIAJvL (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2005 05:51:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751058AbVIAJvL (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2005 05:51:11 -0400 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:42462 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751040AbVIAJvK (ORCPT ); Thu, 1 Sep 2005 05:51:10 -0400 Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] DSFS Network Forensic File System for Linux Patches From: Alan Cox To: Bernd Eckenfels Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 01 Sep 2005 11:15:02 +0100 Message-Id: <1125569702.15768.0.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.2 (2.2.2-5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 900 Lines: 20 On Iau, 2005-09-01 at 02:33 +0200, Bernd Eckenfels wrote: > In article <20050901012218.02c79560.diegocg@gmail.com> you wrote: > > I mean, nvidia people also use propietary code in the kernel (probably > > violating the GPL anyway) and don't do such things. > > The Linux kernel allows binary drivers, you just have to live with a limited > number of exported symbols and that the kernel is tainted. Which basically > means nobody sane can help you with corrupted kernel data structures. You appear to be confused. The exported symbols are part of a GPL product. The only question of relevance is whether the item is a derived work in law or not. Alan - 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/