linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols

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Message-Id: <1204305609.21719.16.camel@dv>
Date:	Fri, 29 Feb 2008 12:20:09 -0500
From:	Pavel Roskin <proski@....org>
To:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:	Zan Lynx <zlynx@....org>,
	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
	Jon Masters <jcm@...masters.org>,
	Rusty Russell <rusty@...tcorp.com.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only
	symbols


On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 09:07 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Zan Lynx wrote:
> > 
> > The Linux kernel itself will load proprietary modules.  It does not as a
> > general rule, but it will.
> 
> .. and it doesn't export GPLONLY modules to them.
> 
> How stupid do you have to be to not understand that?

Actually, it's a flawed comparison.  The only thing ndiswrapper exports
to NDIS modules is NDIS API.  GPLONLY symbols are only used to implement
that API in the code that's under GPL.  That's the code you can fork,
change and redistribute.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin
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