linux-kernel - Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

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Date:	Tue, 29 Jan 2008 16:48:10 -0800 (PST)
From:	Giridhar Pemmasani <pgiri@...oo.com>
To:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>, Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>,
	Giridhar Pemmasani <pgiri@...oo.com>, rms@....org
Subject: Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

--- Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> wrote:

> It is interesting that someone posting with an @gnu.org address claims
> that dynamic linking of not GPLv2 compatible code into GPLv2 code was
> not a copyright violation.

There is no copyright violation: ndiswrapper is licensed under GPLv2. And the
Windows driver is not linked to kernel code - only ndiswrapper functions are
linked to kernel.

In case that is not clear, ndiswsrapper is an implementation of NDIS and some
Windows kernel API functions in Linux kernel. The Windows driver is linked to
these functions so the driver works as if it is working under Windows.

Giri


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