From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262275AbTJFV3q (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:29:46 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262277AbTJFV3q (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:29:46 -0400 Received: from dspnet.fr.eu.org ([62.73.5.179]:1289 "EHLO dspnet.fr.eu.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262275AbTJFV3p (ORCPT ); Mon, 6 Oct 2003 17:29:45 -0400 Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 23:29:42 +0200 From: Olivier Galibert To: Pascal Schmidt , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]] Message-ID: <20031006212942.GA61774@dspnet.fr.eu.org> Mail-Followup-To: Olivier Galibert , Pascal Schmidt , Larry McVoy , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20031006183857.GA3508@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20031006183857.GA3508@work.bitmover.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 06, 2003 at 11:38:57AM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > That has no bearing on the legalities. A version of the kernel can't > force the GPL on a driver that works with that version of the kernel > because you can pull that driver out and drop in another. A great example > is the eepro driver, there is Becker's version and the Intel version. > Any judge who wasn't fooled by Microsoft priced lawyers would clearly > see the boundary and make a ruling that the GPL can't cross over it. So you're saying the LGPL and the GPL mean the same thing for libraries? That, for instance, you can handle Qt as if it was LGPL? OG.