Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751895AbWLNB6y (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:58:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751896AbWLNB6y (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:58:54 -0500 Received: from mx1.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:41596 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751895AbWLNB6x (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 20:58:53 -0500 Date: Wed, 13 Dec 2006 17:58:32 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Grzegorz Kulewski Cc: Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , Martin Bligh , "Michael K. Edwards" , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Message-ID: <20061214015832.GA23404@suse.de> References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1248 Lines: 42 On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 02:30:26AM +0100, Grzegorz Kulewski wrote: > Hi, > > I think that... > > On Wed, 13 Dec 2006, Greg KH wrote: > >From: Greg Kroah-Hartmna > > ... (most probably) there... > > >Subject: Notify non-GPL module loading will be going away in January 2008 > > > >Numerous kernel developers feel that loading non-GPL drivers into the > >kernel violates the license of the kernel and their copyright. Because > >of this, a one year notice for everyone to address any non-GPL > >compatible modules has been set. > > > >Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman > > ... or (less probably) there... > > is a typo in your name. :-) Heh, thanks. I've also fixed up the wording in the feature-removal-schedule.txt file to say: What: non-GPL-licensed modules will no longer be loaded. The wording I had before was not very easy to understand. > PS. Are you _really_ sure you want this change accepted into mainline > kernel? Yes, I do. thanks, greg k-h - 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/