Messages in this thread |  | | | Date | Tue, 29 Jan 2008 22:38:11 -0700 | | From | Zan Lynx <> | | Subject | Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux | |
Jon Masters wrote:
> I wouldn't quite say that. I wasn't going to comment, but...personally,
> I actually disagree with the assertions that ndiswrapper isn't causing
> proprietary code to link against GPL functions in the kernel (how is
> an NDIS implementation any different than a shim layer provided to
> load a graphics driver?), but I wasn't trying to make that point.
Well, as long as *any* part of the kernel ever links to proprietary
code, then GPL functions link to it in exactly the same way ndiswrapper
enables. It's only a matter of how many steps of separation.
A perfectly GPL USB network driver linked to GPL-only functions feeds
data into the kernel where it swirls about and emerges from a
proprietary network filesystem driver, for example.
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