Messages in this thread | | | From | "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" <> | Subject | Re: Honest does not pay here ... | Date | Sun, 5 Jan 2003 22:03:07 +0000 (UTC) |
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"Adam J. Richter" <adam@yggdrasil.com> writes:
> I believe that the illegality of proprietary kernel modules >has resulting in more GPL-compatible kernel code than without such >a restriction.
What people like you don't understand is, that there no such thing as a "illegal proprietary kernel module" according to the GPL.
There is only an "illegal distribution of a proprietary binary kernel module with the linux kernel" under the GPL.
If Andres' customers are happy with getting a binary only module for use with their kernel, there is no violation of the GPL by Andre.
Regards Henning (writing this on a computer with the nvidia module loaded and happy about it. And completely within the boundaries of the GPL. No matter what RMS says).
-- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen -- Geschaeftsfuehrer INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH hps@intermeta.de
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