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Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2006 14:59:34 +0200 From: Gianluca Alberici <gianluca@...networks.biz> To: "Giacomo A. Catenazzi" <cate@...ian.org> CC: Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>, proski@....org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper Giacomo A. Catenazzi wrote: > I'm confused on the discussion: > legal? I don't find how a windo$e driver can be "derived work" of Linux, > and anyway they use a "standard" interface. So it is acceptable for GPL > (IMHO and IANAL). so it is not a legal problem. > > I see only a development question: > should we allow untrusted module to know and modify the > "intimate" part of kernel, and cause compability and other large > amount of problems into kernel developers, distribution and users? > I really cannot see even a political problem. I the case of ndiswrapper the problem is not whether we want to support windows or whatever drivermodules, but if we want to support NDIS drivers with a GPL wrapper. regards, Gianluca > So it is a political question, not a legal question! > > ciao > cate > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe > linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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