Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752412AbWLQKyu (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:54:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752410AbWLQKyt (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:54:49 -0500 Received: from ogre.sisk.pl ([217.79.144.158]:42627 "EHLO ogre.sisk.pl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752408AbWLQKys (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Dec 2006 05:54:48 -0500 From: "Rafael J. Wysocki" To: Geert Uytterhoeven Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Date: Sun, 17 Dec 2006 11:56:36 +0100 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 Cc: David Schwartz , "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" References: In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200612171156.37232.rjw@sisk.pl> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1842 Lines: 44 On Sunday, 17 December 2006 11:11, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote: > On Thu, 14 Dec 2006, David Schwartz wrote: > > > And there's also the common misconception all costumers had enough > > > information when buying something. If you are a normal Linux user and > > > buy some hardware labelled "runs under Linux", it could turn out that's > > > with a Windows driver running under ndiswrapper... > > > > That is something that I think is well worth fixing. Doesn't Linus own the > > trademark 'Linux'? How about some rules for use of that trademark and a > > 'Works with Linux' logo that can only be used if the hardware specifications > > are provided? > > Exactly my thoughts... > > > Let them provide a closed-source driver if they want. Let them provide > > user-space applications for which no source is provided if they want. But > > don't let them use the logo unless they release sufficient information to > > allow people to develop their own drivers and applications to interface with > > the hardware. > > > > That makes it clear that it's not about giving us the fruits of years of > > your own work but that it's about enabling us to do our own work. (I would > > have no objection to also requiring them to provide a minimal open-source > > driver. I'm not trying to work out the exact terms here, just get the idea > > out.) > > Since `works with' may sound a bit too vague, something like > `LinuxFriendly(tm)', with a happy penguin logo? I like this idea. Greetings, Rafael -- If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. - Stephen King - 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/