Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 1 Dec 2007 19:23:41 +0000 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: namespace support requires network modules to say "GPL" |
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> Then init_net needs to be not GPL limited. Sorry, we need to allow > non GPL network drivers. There is a fine line between keeping the
Why - they aren't exactly likely to be permissible by law
> binary seething masses from accessing random kernel functions, and allowing > reasonable (but still non GPL) things like ndiswrapper to use network > device interface.
Its up to the ndiswrapper authors how the licence their code, but they should respect how we licence ours.
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