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    SubjectRe: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19]
    Dave Jones wrote:
    > On Wed, Dec 13, 2006 at 09:39:11PM -0800, Martin J. Bligh wrote:
    >
    > > The Ubuntu feisty fawn mess was a dangerous warning bell of where we're
    > > going. If we don't stand up at some point, and ban binary drivers, we
    > > will, I fear, end up with an unsustainable ecosystem for Linux when
    > > binary drivers become pervasive. I don't want to see Linux destroyed
    > > like that.
    >
    > Thing is, if kernel.org kernels get patched to disallow binary modules,
    > whats to stop Ubuntu (or anyone else) reverting that change in the
    > kernels they distribute ? The landscape doesn't really change much,
    > given that the majority of Linux end-users are probably running
    > distro kernels.

    I don't think they'd dare spit in our faces quite that directly.
    They think binary modules are permissible because we don't seem to have
    consistently stated an intent contradicting that - some individual
    developers have, but ultimately Linus hasn't.

    I'm not talking about any legal issues to do with derived works,
    copyrights or licenses - a clear statement of intent is probably all
    it'd take to tip the balance.

    M.
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