From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262819AbTJJOT3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:19:29 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262827AbTJJOT3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:19:29 -0400 Received: from mail.native-instruments.de ([217.9.41.138]:7616 "EHLO mail.native-instruments.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262819AbTJJOT2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 10 Oct 2003 10:19:28 -0400 Message-ID: <02b001c38f39$72baabd0$9602010a@jingle> From: "Florian Schirmer" To: Cc: , "David Turner" , , References: <1064859766.20847.33983.camel@banks> <1065428944.22491.169.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <01f301c38f2f$b1a7e0b0$9602010a@jingle> <1065791790.24015.238.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> <023501c38f32$2b83caa0$9602010a@jingle> <1065793144.24015.274.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Subject: Re: Linksys/Cisco GPL Violations Date: Fri, 10 Oct 2003 16:18:58 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi, > That is true, according to the GPL, _only_ if the modules are > distributed as separate works. If they are part of a collective work > which is based on the kernel (note, not a _derived_ work but a > _collective_ work) then they must be released under the terms of the > GPL. Dont get me wrong. I agreee that there are still issues with the wireless driver. IMHO binary modules aren't legal at all. I just don't wanted to start the binary discussion and therefore posted the misleading statement. Regards, Florian