From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750700AbWGaIcl (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:32:41 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750788AbWGaIcl (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:32:41 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:53185 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750700AbWGaIck (ORCPT ); Mon, 31 Jul 2006 04:32:40 -0400 Subject: Re: ipw3945 status From: Kasper Sandberg To: Alon Bar-Lev Cc: Alistair John Strachan , Pavel Machek , Theodore Tso , Matthew Garrett , Jan Dittmer , Jirka Lenost Benc , kernel list , ipw2100-admin@linux.intel.com In-Reply-To: <9e0cf0bf0607302306g435d73a1qbdab334c318c8dc2@mail.gmail.com> References: <20060730104042.GE1920@elf.ucw.cz> <20060730145305.GE23279@thunk.org> <20060730231251.GB1800@elf.ucw.cz> <200607310123.06177.s0348365@sms.ed.ac.uk> <1154308614.13635.49.camel@localhost> <9e0cf0bf0607302306g435d73a1qbdab334c318c8dc2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:32:19 +0200 Message-Id: <1154334740.13635.51.camel@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, 2006-07-31 at 09:06 +0300, Alon Bar-Lev wrote: > On 7/31/06, Kasper Sandberg wrote: > > I entirely agree that this should not be merged, those will accept these > > kindof things, can use intels out of tree driver. > > > > i sincerely hope for a forked/rewritten driver which does not depend on > > closed userspace daemons. > > I personally think that this also violates the GPL license... > The GPL part cannot stand by it-self and require none GPLed component > in order to make it work. > > The fact that the regularity daemon work using external sysfs > interface without linkage requirements does not escape derived work in > this case. i tend to agree, however if a generic interface was created for "regulatory daemons" this may be different, but if what i hear is true, the intel daemon does more than that, and then, well... > > Best Regards, > Alon Bar-Lev > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ >