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Date: Fri, 29 Feb 2008 17:17:53 -0500 From: Pavel Roskin <proski@....org> To: David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com> Cc: "John W. Linville" <linville@...driver.com>, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, 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 Sat, 2008-03-01 at 07:38 +1030, David Newall wrote: > I think there's a political agenda, and that's something that nobody can > solve. The simplest solution is to change the name it uses on a regular > basis, and that something relatively unimportant. People will still > call it ndiswrapper, but it will identify itself to the kernel as > wrappythingy, and then ndisthingy, and then wrapndis. Heck, make it > purely random. Solve the problem for all time. If there is a political agenda, then LKML is the worst place to discuss the details. > It's a stupid problem promulgated by stupid people, and I use the word > "stupid" in it's most pejorative sense. It would be more useful if you counter specific arguments rather than employ ad hominem attacks. -- Regards, Pavel Roskin -- 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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