Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751914AbWLNCMF (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:12:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751915AbWLNCMF (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:12:05 -0500 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:39524 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751914AbWLNCME (ORCPT ); Wed, 13 Dec 2006 21:12:04 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 02:11:56 +0000 From: Al Viro To: Alan Cc: "Michael K. Edwards" , Andrew Morton , Martin Bligh , Greg KH , Linus Torvalds , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19 Message-ID: <20061214021156.GL4587@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <20061213195226.GA6736@kroah.com> <20061213210219.GA9410@suse.de> <45807182.1060408@mbligh.org> <20061213134721.d8ff8c11.akpm@osdl.org> <20061213235500.1764d85e@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061213235500.1764d85e@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1053 Lines: 20 On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 11:55:00PM +0000, Alan wrote: > > IIRC, Linus has deliberately and explicitly estopped himself from > > claiming that loading a binary-only driver is a GPL violation. Do you > > He only owns a small amount of the code. Furthermore he imported third > party GPL code using the license as sole permission. So he may have dug a > personal hole but many of the rest of us have been repeatedly saying > whenever he said that - that we do not agree. The FSF has always said > binary modules are wrong and there is FSF code imported into the kernel > by Linus on license only grounds. > > Whether it is a good idea is a different question. Wait a bloody minute - the only FSF code in the kernel I know of is from libgcc, which does allow linking to non-GPL code. Is there anything else? - 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/