From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
To: Chris Friesen <cfriesen@nortel.com>
Cc: Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>,
linux-kernel <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
Jon Masters <jcm@jonmasters.org>,
Rusty Russell <rusty@rustcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols
Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:06:40 -0800 (PST) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <alpine.LFD.1.00.0802290905240.17889@woody.linux-foundation.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <47C838C5.8030707@nortel.com>
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Chris Friesen wrote:
>
> But the GPL only applies to derivative works. Given that ndiswrapper loads
> binaries designed for another OS, doesn't that mean that it is unlikely that
> the binaries would be impacted by the GPL?
But that's what GPLONLY means.
What's so hard to understand? The driver may not be a derivative work, but
it sure as hell isn't GPL'd.
So stop blathering. ndiswrapper has one purpose, and one purpose only: to
load non-GPL'd code. So OF COURSE it shouldn't touch GPLONLY functions.
Linus
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2008-02-29 17:08 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 39+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2008-02-28 22:11 [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols Pavel Roskin
2008-02-28 23:25 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 6:20 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 16:08 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 16:54 ` Chris Friesen
2008-02-29 17:06 ` Linus Torvalds [this message]
2008-02-29 17:59 ` Chris Friesen
2008-03-06 14:56 ` David Woodhouse
2008-02-29 16:59 ` Zan Lynx
2008-02-29 17:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 17:20 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 17:33 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 19:39 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 19:53 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 20:08 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 20:28 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29 21:13 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 20:17 ` John W. Linville
2008-02-29 20:40 ` David Newall
2008-02-29 20:59 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 21:08 ` David Newall
2008-02-29 22:17 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-01 8:15 ` David Newall
2008-02-29 20:44 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-02-29 21:15 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-02-29 22:31 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-03 10:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 5:37 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-04 12:57 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 17:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2008-03-04 17:38 ` Greg KH
2008-03-04 17:45 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-04 21:20 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 23:23 ` Pavel Roskin
2008-03-04 20:51 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-03-04 23:25 ` Jiri Kosina
2008-03-05 13:21 ` Ingo Molnar
2008-02-29 17:18 ` Jon Masters
2008-02-29 21:55 ` Adrian Bunk
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