Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sun, 03 Apr 2005 19:41:35 -0400 | From | Mark Lord <> | Subject | Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. |
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Zan Lynx wrote: > > That does not really make sense, as the driver model code could be used > for ndiswrapper, for example. That would not make the Windows net > drivers derived code of the Linux kernel. ndiswrapper, yes it would be. > Binary driver blobs, no.
The Windows net drivers are not (we believe) compiled using GPL'd header files and their included macros, asm code, etc..
Probably all Linux binary drivers *are* compiled using GPL'd header files, and thus are themselves subject to the GPL.
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