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DateSun, 3 Feb 2008 15:15:30 -0800
FromGreg KH <>
SubjectRe: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only
On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:04:24PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote:
> Pekka Enberg wrote:
>> Why are we discussing this again? The Linux kernel is distributed
>> under the GPLv2 and even though there are some legal gray areas
>> regarding derived work (think nvidia and ati binary blobs here), the
>> license is not friendly towards proprietary drivers at all.
>
> Why?  Because it is a gray area.

No, it really is not a gray area at all, especially when you are writing
a new driver for Linux.  Go talk to a lawyer if you want the details.

thanks,

greg k-h


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