Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933005AbYB2U3I (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:29:08 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755337AbYB2U2z (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:28:55 -0500 Received: from smtp1.linux-foundation.org ([207.189.120.13]:41190 "EHLO smtp1.linux-foundation.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752199AbYB2U2z (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 15:28:55 -0500 Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:28:13 -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: <1204315713.2316.15.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> <1204315713.2316.15.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: 1164 Lines: 33 On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote: > > This still leaves us with the workqueue interface: > > __create_workqueue_key > destroy_workqueue > flush_workqueue > queue_work Hmm. Personally, I don't see those as being a big issue, but they've been marked GPL-only for a long while. The thing is, I personally don't mind, and I think "derived code" is what matters, but others disagree, and quite frankly, I'm not going to force them - I have my _personal_ beliefs, but hey, others have theirs. So you really need to talk to not me, but to the people who actually wrote and maintain that code. When they come back and say "yeah, we think ndiswrapper is a special case and we're ok with it", I'll happily either mark those things non-GPL or just mark ndiswrapper special in the module loader again. Quite frankly, I don't care about ndiswrapper enough (at all) to push this along in the least. 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/