Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:40:15 -0700 | From | Greg KH <> | Subject | Re: Binary only module overview |
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On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 01:42:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:09:47PM +0100, Mark Zealey wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:44:39AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 12:40:44PM -0400, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm composing a list of all existing binary only modules, > > > > > > Argus System's PitBull for Linux modifies the kernel. No source or > > > patches for these modifications can be found on the web, so I'm guessing > > > that it's closed source: > > > http://www.argus-systems.com/ > > > > Umm, is it me or is that totally against the GPL? Have you bitched at them about > > this? > > I have only talked to one of their resellers, who could not find a link > to the code anywhere. I have not asked them directly. I will go do > that right now.
Argus has responded to me that their kernel patch is released under the GPL (and will be placing it up on a sf.net site soon.) However their security kernel module that their patch uses is closed source. So add them to the closed source module list :)
As for the legality of modifying the kernel to provide hooks for your closed source driver, I'm not going to argue that one, but I thought it was forbidden.
thanks,
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