From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261694AbVCaS0t (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:26:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261685AbVCaS0s (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:26:48 -0500 Received: from wproxy.gmail.com ([64.233.184.195]:47397 "EHLO wproxy.gmail.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262014AbVCaS0l (ORCPT ); Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:26:41 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:reply-to:to:subject:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=XU8dh1vi16UhxG8NedAv1PxfMzjcuIfyWSJZFV5Z6nL2PKoudq7Xmy2WsLoCmQSyFLOsxhkaR0Bobi7yVZRI6T2CYvyPelZXlLHQ0gr9Vc4d8OvBwbHk4d12UzLbh98Yk79/Ha4z5c4FqF7T6PtZ5rFXuPGk8W5bVW2nP/bd++w= Message-ID: <11ad0fa80503311026536d9db2@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 31 Mar 2005 13:26:40 -0500 From: Emmanuel Papirakis Reply-To: Emmanuel Papirakis To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: off topic: GPL and binary modules Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello, before I go on, let me say that I did check the FAQ. I also checked the available archives, but curiously did not find an answer to my question (so I did Read The Fantastic Manual). As you know, most available drivers do come with the source code. But, still, some come in binary form (often providing just enough code to make them compliant with new kernel releases). Is this a GPL violation ? In any case, what is the official position on the subject (is this legal or just tolerated) ? Thank you Emmanuel -- UNIX IS very user friendly. It is just selective about its friends...