Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932543AbWBDSXA (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:23:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932544AbWBDSXA (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:23:00 -0500 Received: from gprs189-60.eurotel.cz ([160.218.189.60]:28935 "EHLO spitz.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932543AbWBDSW7 (ORCPT ); Sat, 4 Feb 2006 13:22:59 -0500 Date: Fri, 3 Feb 2006 22:50:50 +0000 From: Pavel Machek 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 Message-ID: <20060203225049.GA2420@ucw.cz> References: <200601200904.00389.dazzle.digital@gmail.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 595 Lines: 17 Hi! > consequences > Because of the GPL_EXPORT declaration it is no longer possible to build and > run non-GPL loadable drivers for USB devices. We?ve put a lot of energy > into providing the open source community with Linux drivers for nearly all Last time I checked, it was easy to write usb drivers in userspace. Pavel -- Thanks, Sharp! - 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/