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DateMon, 28 Jan 2008 00:57:57 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
On Mon, Jan 28, 2008 at 09:13:16AM +0100, Clemens Ladisch wrote:
> Greg KH wrote:
> > Over two years ago, the Linux USB developers stated that they believed
> > there was no way to create a USB kernel driver that was not under the
> > GPL.  This patch moves the USB apis to enforce that decision.
> >
> > There are no known closed source USB drivers in the wild, so this patch
> > should cause no problems.
> 
> There are the commercial OpenSound drivers.

What are they?  Do you have a link to them?  And why have I not heard
from any user of them for the past two years (we have had a kernel
warning for over 2 years for this issue.)

thanks,

greg k-h


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