From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261390AbVC0BPx (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:15:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261566AbVC0BPx (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:15:53 -0500 Received: from irc.sh.nu ([216.239.132.110]:11409 "EHLO mail.3gstech.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261390AbVC0BPt (ORCPT ); Sat, 26 Mar 2005 20:15:49 -0500 Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!. From: Aaron Gyes To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Type: text/plain Date: Sat, 26 Mar 2005 17:15:47 -0800 Message-Id: <1111886147.1495.3.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.1.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > So, the fact that someone else is doing something illegal, makes it > acceptable for you to do the same thing? Please, talk to a lawyer > about > this issue if you have _any_ questions. How is what they are doing illegal? How it is even "bad"? They obviously can't give up their IP. Them providing binary modules wrapped in GPL glue (so anyone can fix most kernel incompatabilities) is a good thing for Linux. Many people and businesses would not be using Linux if they did not do that. Aaron