Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:09:40 +0100 (MET)
From: Jan Engelhardt <jengelh@linux01.gwdg.de>
To: Neil Brown <neilb@suse.de>
cc: v j <vj.linux@gmail.com>, Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@xenotime.net>,
       Dave Jones <davej@redhat.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers
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On Feb 15 2007 18:43, Neil Brown wrote:

>> > We seem to have different definitions of open and closed.
>> 
>> Open = 3rd party Linux drivers can be loaded. Closed = No third party
>> Linux drivers can be loaded.
>
>Loading a driver is not at issue.  Anyone may load a driver.

And, after all, because loading is not distribution, you may
rip out export_symbol_gpl and use sysfs directly. It does not
make legal things any safer though, I'd say [ianal].


Jan
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