Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S933956AbYB2WSL (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:18:11 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753887AbYB2WR5 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:17:57 -0500 Received: from c60.cesmail.net ([216.154.195.49]:58802 "EHLO c60.cesmail.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752291AbYB2WR4 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:17:56 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols From: Pavel Roskin To: David Newall Cc: "John W. Linville" , Linus Torvalds , Zan Lynx , linux-kernel , Jon Masters , Rusty Russell In-Reply-To: <47C87460.2030705@davidnewall.com> 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> <20080229201711.GF3234@tuxdriver.com> <47C86DCA.5080706@davidnewall.com> <1204318797.2316.29.camel@dv> <47C87460.2030705@davidnewall.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:17:53 -0500 Message-Id: <1204323473.2316.59.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: 1039 Lines: 26 On Sat, 2008-03-01 at 07:38 +1030, David Newall wrote: > I think there's a political agenda, and that's something that nobody can > solve. The simplest solution is to change the name it uses on a regular > basis, and that something relatively unimportant. People will still > call it ndiswrapper, but it will identify itself to the kernel as > wrappythingy, and then ndisthingy, and then wrapndis. Heck, make it > purely random. Solve the problem for all time. If there is a political agenda, then LKML is the worst place to discuss the details. > It's a stupid problem promulgated by stupid people, and I use the word > "stupid" in it's most pejorative sense. It would be more useful if you counter specific arguments rather than employ ad hominem attacks. -- 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/