From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:44:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:44:37 -0400 Received: from c1313109-a.potlnd1.or.home.com ([65.0.121.190]:24075 "HELO kroah.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Tue, 25 Sep 2001 18:44:22 -0400 Date: Tue, 25 Sep 2001 15:40:15 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Mark Zealey , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Binary only module overview Message-ID: <20010925154015.B15591@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20010924124044.B17377@devserv.devel.redhat.com> <20010925084439.B6396@us.ibm.com> <20010925200947.B7174@itsolve.co.uk> <20010925134232.A14715@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20010925134232.A14715@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.21i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.2.19 (i586) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 01:42:32PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:09:47PM +0100, Mark Zealey wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:44:39AM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > > > > > On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 12:40:44PM -0400, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > > > > > > > I'm composing a list of all existing binary only modules, > > > > > > Argus System's PitBull for Linux modifies the kernel. No source or > > > patches for these modifications can be found on the web, so I'm guessing > > > that it's closed source: > > > http://www.argus-systems.com/ > > > > Umm, is it me or is that totally against the GPL? Have you bitched at them about > > this? > > I have only talked to one of their resellers, who could not find a link > to the code anywhere. I have not asked them directly. I will go do > that right now. Argus has responded to me that their kernel patch is released under the GPL (and will be placing it up on a sf.net site soon.) However their security kernel module that their patch uses is closed source. So add them to the closed source module list :) As for the legality of modifying the kernel to provide hooks for your closed source driver, I'm not going to argue that one, but I thought it was forbidden. thanks, greg k-h