Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933778AbYB2VOB (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:14:01 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1761449AbYB2VNh (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:13:37 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:16466 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1761161AbYB2VNg (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:13:36 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols From: Pavel Roskin To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Zan Lynx , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell In-Reply-To: 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> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 16:13:34 -0500 Message-Id: <1204319614.2316.39.camel@dv> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.12.3 (2.12.3-1.fc8) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1456 Lines: 41 On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 12:28 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > 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. As far as I can tell, those people have never tried to prevent ndiswrapper from using their code. Both times ndiswrapper was prevented from using GPLONLY symbols, it was done unintentionally. > 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. OK, I'll keep it in mind in case such approach actually becomes necessary. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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/