linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/3] UIO: Documentation

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Date:	Thu, 9 Aug 2007 00:40:58 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc:	Jesper Juhl <jesper.juhl@...il.com>,
	Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...e.de>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, "Hans J. Koch" <hjk@...utronix.de>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/3] UIO: Documentation

> On the other hand, given that we've always said that closed-source stuff in
> userspace is OK, the only way to not let *that* horse out of the barn is to
> not merge UIO at all.

It really makes no difference whether it is merged or not. The test is
"derivative work" and not 'linking'. 

A user space driver that is unusuable without a specific GPL kernel chunk
is quite likely to be a derived work of the GPL kernel module so the
documentation is giving poor advice however

Alan
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