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Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 2009 15:52:48 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc:	Thomas Hellström <thomas@...pmail.org>,
	DRI <dri-devel@...ts.sourceforge.net>,
	Linux Kernel list <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: DRM drivers with closed source user-space: WAS  [Patch 0/3]
 Resubmit VIA Chrome9 DRM via_chrome9 for upstream

>       * fully functional GPL user-space driver.
> 
> How can you argue that something as tailor made as a DRM interface can
> be used without it being a derived work?

Our prior policy has been to reject such stuff (both the Intel wireless
driver regulatory daemon and the GMX driver)

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