From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
To: Brian Gerst <bgerst@didntduck.org>
Cc: Emmanuel Papirakis <papiraki@gmail.com>,
LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: off topic: GPL and binary modules
Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 14:11:08 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1112296268.12543.23.camel@localhost.localdomain> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <424C43FF.3050107@didntduck.org>
On Thu, 2005-03-31 at 13:39 -0500, Brian Gerst wrote:
> Emmanuel Papirakis wrote:
> > Hello,
> >
> > before I go on, let me say that I did check the FAQ. I also checked
> > the available archives, but curiously did not find an answer to my
> > question (so I did Read The Fantastic Manual).
> >
> > As you know, most available drivers do come with the source code. But,
> > still, some come in binary form (often providing just enough code to
> > make them compliant with new kernel releases).
> >
> > Is this a GPL violation ? In any case, what is the official position
> > on the subject (is this legal or just tolerated) ?
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Emmanuel
>
> Search the list archives, this has been flamed to death already.
You don't need to search very far. There's still a flame thread going on
today. Just search for
"Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!."
At least you were correct in putting in "off topic".
-- Steve
prev parent reply other threads:[~2005-03-31 19:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2005-03-31 18:26 Emmanuel Papirakis
2005-03-31 18:39 ` Brian Gerst
2005-03-31 18:59 ` Lee Revell
2005-03-31 19:11 ` Steven Rostedt [this message]
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