Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932640AbVLFVeS (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:34:18 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932641AbVLFVeS (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:34:18 -0500 Received: from xenotime.net ([66.160.160.81]:26769 "HELO xenotime.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S932640AbVLFVeR (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 16:34:17 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 13:34:11 -0800 (PST) From: "Randy.Dunlap" X-X-Sender: rddunlap@shark.he.net To: Alan Cox cc: Brian Gerst , Stephen Hemminger , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Add tainting for proprietary helper modules. In-Reply-To: <1133900880.23610.77.camel@localhost.localdomain> Message-ID: References: <20051203004102.GA2923@redhat.com> <20051205173041.GE12664@redhat.com> <20051205093436.44d146e6@localhost.localdomain> <1133899612.23610.59.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4395F097.5060005@didntduck.org> <1133900880.23610.77.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1199 Lines: 35 On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-12-06 at 15:12 -0500, Brian Gerst wrote: > > Alan Cox wrote: > > > On Llu, 2005-12-05 at 09:34 -0800, Stephen Hemminger wrote: > > > > > >>IMHO ndiswrapper can't claim legitimately to be GPL, so just > > >>patch that. > > > > > > > > > Actually it isnt so simple. Load ndiswrapper. Now load a GPL windows > > > driver binary. I don't know if ndiswrapper itself could dig licenses out > > > of windows modules but if so it could even conditionally taint. > > > > > > Alan > > > > On the other hand, if the windows driver were GPL then there wouldn't be > > any barrier to writing a native driver. > > Sure, but the point was to demonstrate in a clear and logical fashion > that ndiswrapper could be GPL. > - so it would be OK to run a windows NDIS driver on Linux, by using ndiswrapper, as long as the windows NDIS driver is GPL? Never mind its possible stack needs or who knows what else. -- ~Randy - 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/