linux-kernel - Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

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Message-ID: <20061026214600.GL27968@stusta.de>
Date:	Thu, 26 Oct 2006 23:46:00 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...sta.de>
To:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
Cc:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>, Andrew Morton <akpm@...l.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 03:19:00PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>...
> 
> This means that ndiswrapper would be considered as a derived work of
> Linux.  Since ndiswrapper is under GPL, it would suffer unfairly if the
> meaning of EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL is extended to restrict GPLed modules
> capable of loading proprietary code into the kernel.
>...

You could always write a tiny GPL-ed wrapper module with the sole 
purpose of offering all EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL'ed functions through 
EXPORT_SYMBOL'ed wrapper functions.

You are using a gnu.org address for publically stating that trying to 
prevent such kinds of wrapping was unfair?

It's not even clear that any modules containing non-GPL'ed code were 
legal.

EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL shows a pretty clear intention, and offering 
functionality provided throug h EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL'ed symbols to 
proprietary code sounds very fishy.

> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin

cu
Adrian

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