Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756052AbZIKSuF (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:50:05 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1755958AbZIKSuD (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:50:03 -0400 Received: from 74-93-104-97-Washington.hfc.comcastbusiness.net ([74.93.104.97]:54044 "EHLO sunset.davemloft.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1755951AbZIKSt7 (ORCPT ); Fri, 11 Sep 2009 14:49:59 -0400 Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:50:15 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <20090911.115015.111772936.davem@davemloft.net> To: shemminger@vyatta.com Cc: netdev@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] net: force bridge module(s) to be GPL From: David Miller In-Reply-To: <20090910145146.3ee30338@nehalam> References: <20090910145146.3ee30338@nehalam> X-Mailer: Mew version 6.2.51 on Emacs 22.1 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 615 Lines: 16 From: Stephen Hemminger Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 14:51:46 -0700 > The only valid usage for the bridge frame hooks are by a > GPL components (such as the bridge module). > The kernel should not leave a crack in the door for proprietary > networking stacks to slip in. > > Signed-off-by: Stephen Hemminger Applied, thanks. -- 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/