linux-kernel - Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper

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Message-ID: <20061026230002.GR27968@stusta.de>
Date:	Fri, 27 Oct 2006 01:00:02 +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 06:29:53PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 23:46 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
>...
> > It's not even clear that any modules containing non-GPL'ed code were 
> > legal.
> 
> I'm not a lawyer, but I think one cannot classify software as legal or
> illegal.

That's wrong, e.g. in some jurisdictions writing software that 
circumvents copyright protections is forbidden by law.

> The law governs what people do.  Running such mix may be legal
> even if distribution is not.
> 
> Anyway, I don't think it's relevant to ndiswrapper.
>...

All non-GPL'ed modules are in a grey area, and the question isn't 
whether it's black or white but how light or dark the grey is...

> Regards,
> Pavel Roskin

cu
Adrian

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