Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932768AbWLNPFI (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:05:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932765AbWLNPFH (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:05:07 -0500 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:4618 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750839AbWLNPFF (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 10:05:05 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:05:14 +0100 From: Adrian Bunk To: Dave Jones , "Martin J. Bligh" , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Message-ID: <20061214150514.GI3629@stusta.de> References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> <4580E37F.8000305@mbligh.org> <20061214130704.GB17565@redhat.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061214130704.GB17565@redhat.com> 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: 1508 Lines: 37 On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 08:07:04AM -0500, Dave Jones wrote: > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:39:11PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote: > > > The Ubuntu feisty fawn mess was a dangerous warning bell of where we're > > going. If we don't stand up at some point, and ban binary drivers, we > > will, I fear, end up with an unsustainable ecosystem for Linux when > > binary drivers become pervasive. I don't want to see Linux destroyed > > like that. > > Thing is, if kernel.org kernels get patched to disallow binary modules, > whats to stop Ubuntu (or anyone else) reverting that change in the > kernels they distribute ? The landscape doesn't really change much, > given that the majority of Linux end-users are probably running > distro kernels. If a kernel developer or a competitor sends a cease&desist letter to such a distribution, the situation changes from a complicated "derived work" discussion to a relatively clear "They circumvented a technical measure to enforce the copyright.". > Dave cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/