Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757057AbYB2Q5L (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:57:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S933037AbYB2Q44 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:56:56 -0500 Received: from threatwall.zlynx.org ([199.45.143.218]:34203 "EHLO zlynx.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932671AbYB2Q4z (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:56:55 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols From: Zan Lynx To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Pavel Roskin , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell In-Reply-To: References: <1204236662.3612.6.camel@dv> <20080229012012.ajlsk4pow8wkkgss@webmail.spamcop.net> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mbatWducwQfd9kfrWbvL" Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:59:11 -0700 Message-Id: <1204304352.6767.21.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 X-Envelope-From: zlynx@acm.org X-Spam-Id: 20080229/1JV8XM-000259-Hi-linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org:zlynx@acm.org:199.45.143.218 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1241 Lines: 44 --=-mbatWducwQfd9kfrWbvL Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 08:08 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: [cut] > It loads non-GPL code, it is non-GPL. [cut] > Exactly. And ndiswrapper loads proprietary modules. The Linux kernel itself will load proprietary modules. It does not as a general rule, but it will. Is the Linux kernel then not GPL? No. This argument doesn't work, Linus. There exists at least one GPL NDIS driver[1]. How about if everyone involved piously promises to load it at least once? [1] http://cipe-win32.sourceforge.net/ --=20 Zan Lynx --=-mbatWducwQfd9kfrWbvL Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQBHyDnfG8fHaOLTWwgRAiPxAKCn1Psqzna4ZHU/u6CI9q+3qa6TVgCdEyDL qTwnN2Dd8JB+hLzm7udZjOg= =FfJY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-mbatWducwQfd9kfrWbvL-- -- 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/