Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423028AbWLUWgs (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:36:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423089AbWLUWgs (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:36:48 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.170]:25713 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423028AbWLUWgr (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:36:47 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=gezsEjO1feOQViWKFKnR3CMlPdW9XLJUVbvuS/k+OaFOYAykobRknUi/cRJ7++f8rZUT1sgXVjmwm7jBP07eGLAsNHCEjZSodMc1jbcYdGnWZTB0wsRyemT/HLXmGEteBl6k9ft7TMo8U2So+6vHwzAuhlC3Cwquy+7D454kdSE= Message-ID: <161717d50612211436s4595c873j95d4091ba622d4bc@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:36:45 -0500 From: "Dave Neuer" To: "Tomas Carnecky" Subject: Re: Binary Drivers Cc: "James Porter" , "Erik Mouw" , "Scott Preece" , "Eric W. Biederman" , "Alexey Dobriyan" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <458AE3B7.8080302@dbservice.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061215220117.GA24819@martell.zuzino.mipt.ru> <4583527D.4000903@dbservice.com> <7b69d1470612210833k79c93617nba96dbc717113723@mail.gmail.com> <20061221174346.GN3073@harddisk-recovery.com> <458ADC37.9070608@dbservice.com> <458AE3B7.8080302@dbservice.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: 0ba8b2dc4e54fa3f Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1021 Lines: 22 On 12/21/06, Tomas Carnecky wrote: > James Porter wrote: > > I'm pretty sure Linus has decided, basically he said the patches to > > prevent non-gpl binary drivers are not going into his tree unless every > > other tree adopts it. Of course the few supporting won't get off their > > high horse and try it on a different tree. > > .. unfortunately, that doesn't make the legal status any clearer. Well, FWIW, neither does some "decision" from the kernel authors; it hinges on what is and what is not a derived work of the kernel, and the only parties whose opinion matters here (the courts in the various jurisdictions) haven't ruled on that yet, and won't until such time as a copyright holder in the kernel sues someone for copyright infringement. Dave - 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/