Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Fri, 16 Feb 2007 07:40:02 +0100 | From | "Miguel Ojeda" <> | Subject | Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers |
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On 2/16/07, v j <vj.linux@gmail.com> wrote: > > It's written in black and white, in the license. > > Please point me to where it says I cannot load proprietary modules in > the Kernel. > > > Apart from that, > > Greg KH has made his opinion clear, and you have said you understand > > and don't debate that he holds this opinion, and his code is what you > > said you were linking to (the sysfs/class stuff), so why do you keep > > saying that "it is not clear". > > I know his opinion. I don't debate his opinion. It is his code. I > choose not to use his code because of the license issue. > > > Do you think that, somehow, Linus' opinion trumps Greg KH's opinion on > > his own code? > > No, just that the trend is disturbing. If enough Kernel Developers > choose to write their Software in a way that prevents others from > using it freely, then that is troubling. Especially when these Kernel
Isn't there a big difference between "use GPL code" and "modify GPL code, link closed modules to it & redistribute everything as binaries"?
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