Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols

[Pavel Roskin <proski@gnu.org>]

On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 12:28 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > 
> > This still leaves us with the workqueue interface:
> > 
> > __create_workqueue_key
> > destroy_workqueue
> > flush_workqueue
> > queue_work
> 
> Hmm. Personally, I don't see those as being a big issue, but they've been 
> marked GPL-only for a long while. 
> 
> The thing is, I personally don't mind, and I think "derived code" is what 
> matters, but others disagree, and quite frankly, I'm not going to force 
> them - I have my _personal_ beliefs, but hey, others have theirs.
>
> So you really need to talk to not me, but to the people who actually wrote 
> and maintain that code.

As far as I can tell, those people have never tried to prevent
ndiswrapper from using their code.  Both times ndiswrapper was prevented
from using GPLONLY symbols, it was done unintentionally.

> When they come back and say "yeah, we think 
> ndiswrapper is a special case and we're ok with it", I'll happily either 
> mark those things non-GPL or just mark ndiswrapper special in the module 
> loader again.

OK, I'll keep it in mind in case such approach actually becomes
necessary.

-- 
Regards,
Pavel Roskin