linux-kernel - Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

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Message-ID: <20080205130008.GB21042@cs181133002.pp.htv.fi>
Date:	Tue, 5 Feb 2008 15:00:08 +0200
From:	Adrian Bunk <bunk@...nel.org>
To:	Michael Gerdau <mgerdau@...cali.de>
Cc:	Lee Revell <rlrevell@...-job.com>,
	Chris Friesen <cfriesen@...tel.com>,
	Giridhar Pemmasani <pgiri@...oo.com>,
	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Jon Masters <jonathan@...masters.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

On Thu, Jan 31, 2008 at 02:00:31AM +0100, Michael Gerdau wrote:
> > > > IANAL, and I would therefore ask a lawyer whether, and if yes under
> > > > which circumstances, shipping a binary driver written for another OS
> > > > dynamically linked into the Linux kernel would not be a criminal offense.
> > > 
> > > Please stop throwing around words like "criminal".  If this is in fact
> > > illegal it would be a civil matter.
> > 
> > You are living in a country where copyright violations can't bring 
> > people into jail?
> 
> AFAICS you are misunderstanding the words "criminal" and "civil matter".
> 
> AFAIK in german law the difference between the two is that "criminal"
> offences are prosecuted by the government out of their own accord while
> "civil matters" require someone else to sue.
> 
> Murder and robbery are criminal offences.
> 
> Assuming the above is correct then copyright violations definitely are
> "civil matters" in germany regardless whether you could go into jail or not.

Please read a book or ask someone who knows what he is talking about to 
explain the basics of legal systems to you.

> Best,
> Michael

cu
Adrian

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