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To: s.schmidt@avm.de
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, opensuse-factory@opensuse.org, kkeil@suse.de
Subject: Re: 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB drivers of major vendor excluded 
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:24:10 +0100."
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From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu
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On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 17:24:10 +0100, s.schmidt=40avm.de said:

> If it is no longer possible to have non-GPL USB drivers, we shall have =
to
> drop our Linux support for all AVM USB devices. We would even have to
> discontinue the 802.11g++ WLAN USB device driver Linux developement.

Why is there a problem releasing a GPL'ed USB driver?  That would solve
your problem just as well.  If you were really ambitious, you could clean=

up the code and submit it for inclusion in the mainline tree - thus lower=
ing
your support costs.

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