Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932620AbVLFSwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:52:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932621AbVLFSwy (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:52:54 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:49127 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932620AbVLFSwx (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:52:53 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Lee Revell To: Hannu Savolainen Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <20051205121851.GC2838@holomorphy.com> <20051206011844.GO28539@opteron.random> <200512061426.37287.vda@ilport.com.ua> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 13:51:13 -0500 Message-Id: <1133895074.29084.6.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 810 Lines: 20 On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 17:36 +0200, Hannu Savolainen wrote: > On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Denis Vlasenko wrote: > > > How about refusing binary-only modules instead? I mean, maybe > > if Linux will stop being lax about GPL requirements on modules. > Or why not to include an embedded version of gcc/binutils in the kernel > LKM interface. In this way all drivers can only be distributed in source > code which effectively makes all forms of binary only drivers impossible. Are you saying you'd open source all those binary only OSS drivers if this were to happen? Lee - 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/