Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933139AbYB2QJz (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:09:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1759394AbYB2QJp (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:09:45 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:49562 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758715AbYB2QJp (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:09:45 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 08:08:42 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Pavel Roskin cc: linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols In-Reply-To: <20080229012012.ajlsk4pow8wkkgss@webmail.spamcop.net> Message-ID: References: <1204236662.3612.6.camel@dv> <20080229012012.ajlsk4pow8wkkgss@webmail.spamcop.net> User-Agent: Alpine 1.00 (LFD 882 2007-12-20) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 962 Lines: 29 On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > > > I'm not seeing why ndiswrapper should be treated separately. > > It is already treated separately, and has been for a long time. No, I mean "separately from the thing it loads". It loads non-GPL code, it is non-GPL. > > If it loads non-GPL modules, it shouldn't be able to use GPLONLY symbols. > > This is not the original intention of GPLONLY. GPLONLY exists to prevent > loading of modules that are proprietary, but can be considered to be Linux > derivatives due to their use of Linux specific API. Exactly. And ndiswrapper loads proprietary modules. You're not following the argument. There was a reason ndiswrapper was marked for tainting. Linus -- 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/