Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932717AbYB2Tyu (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:50 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752155AbYB2Tyj (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:39 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:41740 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753270AbYB2Tyj (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 14:54:39 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 11:53:50 -0800 (PST) From: Linus Torvalds To: Pavel Roskin cc: Zan Lynx , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols In-Reply-To: <1204313978.2316.8.camel@dv> Message-ID: References: <1204236662.3612.6.camel@dv> <20080229012012.ajlsk4pow8wkkgss@webmail.spamcop.net> <1204304352.6767.21.camel@localhost> <1204305609.21719.16.camel@dv> <1204313978.2316.8.camel@dv> 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: 737 Lines: 18 On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > I already know what USB folks will say. They want proprietary drivers > to be in the userspace. I doubt ndiswrapper will ever be ported to the > userspace. It's much more likely that some other approach will be used. If that's the case, then talk to the USB people. Maybe they are ok with wrapping them in GPL wrappers. But it sounds like they would prefer the stricter GPLONLY meaning (ie no ndiswrapper), and it's their code. 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/