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Message-ID: <yw1x8x2843kt.fsf@mansr.com> Date: Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:25:22 +0000 From: Måns Rullgård <mans@...sr.com> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org> writes: > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 04:22:45PM -0500, Pavel Roskin wrote: >> Hello! >> >> It have come to my attention that a patch has been committed to the >> kernel with the explicit purpose of tainting ndiswrapper - the kernel >> module allowing Windows NDIS drivers for Ethernet and Wireless cards to >> be used by the kernel. >>... >> Just to reiterate some points from the old discussion: >>... >> - no copyright violation is involved, as Windows drivers are not derived >> from Linux sources >>... > > It is interesting that someone posting with an @gnu.org address claims > that dynamic linking of not GPLv2 compatible code into GPLv2 code was > not a copyright violation. As long as you don't distribute /proc/kcore, I can't see how the GPL would have any say in the matter. The Windows drivers are (unrelated violations aside) clearly not derived from GPL code. IANAL -- Måns Rullgård mans@...sr.com -- 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/
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