linux-kernel - Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <4540B136.8050908@abinetworks.biz>
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/