Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 26 Mar 2005 19:20:59 -0800 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. |
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On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 08:04:40PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 16:48 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 03:34:34PM -0500, Lee Revell wrote: > > > On Sat, 2005-03-26 at 10:28 -0800, Greg KH wrote: > > > > On Sat, Mar 26, 2005 at 05:52:20PM +0000, Mark Fortescue wrote: > > > > > > > > > > I am writing a "Proprietry" driver module for a "Proprietry" PCI card and > > > > > I have found that I can't use SYSFS on Linux-2.6.10. > > > > > > > > > > Why ?. > > > > > > > > What ever gave you the impression that it was legal to create a > > > > "Proprietry" kernel driver for Linux in the first place. > > > > > > The fact that Nvidia and ATI get away with it? > > > > So, the fact that someone else is doing something illegal, makes it > > acceptable for you to do the same thing? Please, talk to a lawyer about > > this issue if you have _any_ questions. > > > > Well, I never said I agreed with it. But the fact that major vendors do > it flagrantly might lead someone to think it's not illegal. Why doesn't > anyone do anything? Afraid they'll drop Linux support rather than find > a way to open their drivers?
Probably just because no one has gotten around to sueing them just yet. It's only a matter of time...
And no, I don't think anyone is "afraid" at all, that's just silly.
> Anyway, this is news to me. How about putting it in the FAQ? Too > politically charged?
Why does it need to be in the FAQ, when the file COPYING in the main kernel directory explicitly spells this out?
thanks,
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