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Date:	Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:23:41 +0000
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	Stephen Hemminger <shemminger@...ux-foundation.org>
Subject: Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL"

> Then init_net needs to be not GPL limited. Sorry, we need to allow
> non GPL network drivers.  There is a fine line between keeping the

Why - they aren't exactly likely to be permissible by law

> binary seething masses from accessing random kernel functions, and allowing
> reasonable (but still non GPL) things like ndiswrapper to use network
> device interface.

Its up to the ndiswrapper authors how the licence their code, but they
should respect how we licence ours.
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