From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263763AbTEFOwe (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 10:52:34 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263777AbTEFOwe (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 10:52:34 -0400 Received: from h-64-105-35-101.SNVACAID.covad.net ([64.105.35.101]:56741 "EHLO freya.yggdrasil.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263763AbTEFOwd (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 May 2003 10:52:33 -0400 Date: Tue, 6 May 2003 08:04:15 -0700 From: "Adam J. Richter" Message-Id: <200305061504.h46F4FL19827@freya.yggdrasil.com> To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, simon@thekelleys.org.uk Subject: Re: Binary firmware in the kernel - licensing issues. Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Simon Kelley wrote: >Maybe this is the sort of thing I need: > >http://www.keyspan.com/support/linux/ I believe that the keyspan drivers that compile GPL-incompatible firmware into the kernel or kernel modules are illegal. I tried being a nice guy about it, to the point of wring a user level firmware loader could be invoked automatically via hotplug: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-usb-devel&m=98758846106843&w=2. You can look in the linux-usb-devel archives at about that time for further discussion of the copyright issues. Adam J. Richter __ ______________ 575 Oroville Road adam@yggdrasil.com \ / Miplitas, California 95035 +1 408 309-6081 | g g d r a s i l United States of America "Free Software For The Rest Of Us."