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From: Paul Jackson <pj@engr.sgi.com>
To: Mark Lord <lkml@rtr.ca>
Cc: zlynx@acm.org, greg@kroah.com, floam@sh.nu, mrmacman_g4@mac.com,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.
Date: Sun, 3 Apr 2005 21:01:45 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20050403210145.0d1c1eff.pj@engr.sgi.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <42507F2F.1050405@rtr.ca>

Mark wrote:
> Probably all Linux binary drivers *are* compiled using GPL'd header files,
> and thus are themselves subject to the GPL.

I doubt that there is a consensus that simply compiling something with
a GPL header necessarily and always subjects it to the GPL.  See your lawyer.

-- 
                  I won't rest till it's the best ...
                  Programmer, Linux Scalability
                  Paul Jackson <pj@engr.sgi.com> 1.650.933.1373, 1.925.600.0401

  reply	other threads:[~2005-04-04  4:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 98+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2005-03-27  1:15 Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!! Aaron Gyes
2005-03-27  1:29 ` Lee Revell
2005-03-27  2:55 ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-27  8:57   ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-27 17:09     ` Willy Tarreau
     [not found]   ` <1111913399.6297.28.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
2005-03-27 17:40     ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-27 17:52       ` Dave Airlie
2005-03-27 17:58         ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-27 18:04       ` Dr. David Alan Gilbert
2005-03-27 18:35         ` Adrian Bunk
2005-03-27 18:46           ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-27 19:16           ` Aaron Gyes
2005-03-27 19:30             ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-28  1:54               ` Horst von Brand
2005-03-28  9:27                 ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-28 12:04                 ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-28 13:12                   ` linux-os
2005-03-28 13:46                     ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-28 14:50                     ` Jan Engelhardt
     [not found]                   ` <1112016850.6003.13.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org>
2005-03-28 13:57                     ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-28 23:43                       ` Paul Jackson
2005-03-29  0:21                         ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-29  0:56                           ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-29  1:27                             ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-29 12:15                               ` linux-os
2005-03-29 12:29                                 ` Sean
2005-03-30 19:47                                 ` Rik van Riel
2005-03-30 19:57                                   ` linux-os
2005-03-31 11:35                                     ` Sean
2005-03-31 12:34                                       ` linux-os
2005-03-31 14:20                                         ` Sean
2005-03-31 22:55                                         ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-30 23:30                                 ` John Pearson
2005-04-03 14:07                                   ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2005-03-29 16:31                             ` Horst von Brand
2005-03-30 14:38                               ` Olivier Galibert
2005-03-30 19:49                                 ` Rik van Riel
2005-03-29  1:22                           ` Paul Jackson
2005-03-29  1:31                             ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-28 20:47                   ` Horst von Brand
2005-03-27 19:37             ` Adrian Bunk
2005-03-27 21:22             ` Diego Calleja
2005-03-27 23:09             ` Greg KH
2005-03-28 13:14             ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-03-27 18:12   ` Greg KH
2005-03-29  1:04     ` Aaron Gyes
2005-03-29  3:33       ` Greg KH
2005-03-29  4:03         ` Zan Lynx
2005-03-29  4:44           ` Greg KH
2005-04-03 23:41           ` Mark Lord
2005-04-04  4:01             ` Paul Jackson [this message]
2005-04-04  7:15               ` Christoph Hellwig
2005-03-29  4:28         ` Aaron Gyes
2005-03-29  4:45           ` Greg KH
2005-03-29  5:01             ` Aaron Gyes
2005-03-29  5:05               ` Greg KH
2005-03-29  5:29             ` Aaron Gyes
2005-03-29  5:37               ` Brian Gerst
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2005-03-28  2:04 Aaron Gyes
2005-03-28  1:03 Albert Cahalan
2005-03-27  7:21 Manfred Spraul
2005-03-27  5:20 Chuck Ebbert
2005-03-26 17:52 Mark Fortescue
2005-03-26 18:28 ` Greg KH
2005-03-26 20:34   ` Lee Revell
2005-03-26 20:46     ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-27  0:48     ` Greg KH
     [not found]       ` <1111885480.1312.9.camel@mindpipe>
2005-03-27  3:20         ` Greg KH
2005-03-27  3:30           ` Lee Revell
2005-03-27 18:10             ` Greg KH
2005-03-27 18:37               ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-27 22:01                 ` Adrian Bunk
2005-03-27 23:54                   ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-28  1:39                     ` Adrian Bunk
2005-03-28  1:50                       ` Steven Rostedt
2005-03-28  9:31                       ` Jan Engelhardt
2005-03-28 14:45                         ` Adrian Bunk
2005-03-27 22:41                 ` Dave Airlie
2005-03-28  0:53               ` Chris Wedgwood
2005-03-27 15:04     ` Alan Cox
2005-03-28  3:56       ` Clemens Schwaighofer
2005-03-29  2:37     ` Coywolf Qi Hunt
2005-03-29  5:58       ` Jim Crilly
2005-03-28 16:52   ` Mark Fortescue
2005-03-28 18:38     ` Rik van Riel
2005-03-29  3:36     ` Greg KH
2005-03-29  6:17     ` Kevin Puetz
2005-03-27 12:42 ` Sean
2005-03-27 13:53   ` Wichert Akkerman
2005-03-27 15:06     ` Alan Cox
2005-03-28 13:12       ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2005-03-29  3:41         ` Lee Revell
2005-03-29  1:53       ` David Schwartz
2005-03-29  2:06         ` Kyle Moffett
2005-03-29 19:00           ` David Schwartz
2005-03-30 14:15             ` Olivier Galibert
2005-04-02  2:11               ` David Schwartz
2005-03-27 20:50 ` James Courtier-Dutton

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