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    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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