Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932844AbWLNQND (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:13:03 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932851AbWLNQND (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:13:03 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:55571 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932844AbWLNQNA (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:13:00 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 11:11:33 -0500 From: Dave Jones To: Adrian Bunk Cc: "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: <20061214161133.GD17115@redhat.com> Mail-Followup-To: Dave Jones , Adrian Bunk , "Martin J. Bligh" , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , Jonathan Corbet , Andrew Morton , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <22299.1166057009@lwn.net> <20061214005532.GA12790@suse.de> <4580E37F.8000305@mbligh.org> <20061214130704.GB17565@redhat.com> <20061214150514.GI3629@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20061214150514.GI3629@stusta.de> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1239 Lines: 28 On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 04:05:14PM +0100, Adrian Bunk wrote: > 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: > > > > 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.". C&D's don't work that way. They can enforce "don't ship my code" but not "ship my code, or else". The modification would be just like any other thats allowable by the GPL. Dave -- http://www.codemonkey.org.uk - 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/