Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423552AbXBPKNH (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:13:07 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1945925AbXBPKNG (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:13:06 -0500 Received: from tyholt.uninett.no ([158.38.62.9]:49428 "EHLO tyholt.uninett.no" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423551AbXBPKNF (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:13:05 -0500 X-Greylist: delayed 1716 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:13:04 EST Message-ID: <45D57CF5.70503@uninett.no> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:44:21 +0100 From: Jon K Hellan User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070104) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070215165339.GB5285@thunk.org> <9b3a62ab0702151020k5bd0e4c9w763e1b01288ccc4f@mail.gmail.com> <653402b90702151102n3a3e0435r837e2191de79b2b@mail.gmail.com> <7b69d1470702151712x685f3e0eqf6198f9bb7f2394e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702152148p57db8b1dgd42b1c6fb15dccbb@mail.gmail.com> <1171617170.5835.101.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> In-Reply-To: <1171617170.5835.101.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 22 Xavier Bestel wrote: > On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 21:48 -0800, v j wrote: >> We only get crap because no one here yet knows how to interpret >> proprietary modules loaded into the kernel. > > The proprietary modules where only a tiny wrapper is linux-specific and > the rest is cross-platform are in a grey area, yes. > But your modules, written specifically for linux but distributed as > binary-only, are specifically what the people choosing the GPL want to > avoid. They are a derivative work, and are, as such, illegal under the > GPL. If they are a derivative work, they are illegal under the GPL. However, it is not clear that their being written specifically *for* Linux is sufficient to make them derivative works *of* Linux. Jon K?re - 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/