From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sourceforge.net>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Albert Cahalan <albert@users.sourceforge.net>,
linux-kernel mailing list <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
pmarques@grupopie.com, nemosoft@smcc.demon.nl,
linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: pwc+pwcx is not illegal
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 14:04:17 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20040827210417.GA4164@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1093640273.431.6484.camel@cube>
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:57:53PM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 15:29, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Can we drop this straw-man discussion now?
> >
> > We don't do binary hooks in the kernel. Full stop.
>
> Sure. That has nothing to do with whether it would
> be legal or not. It had been implied (by Greg KH)
> that you thought Linux-specific proprietary drivers
> using hooks are illegal.
No, I was trying to state that the hook itself was not allowed. I'll
let others argue about the legality of the code using such a hook.
Sorry for any confusion about that.
greg k-h
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2004-08-27 21:13 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-08-27 19:18 pwc+pwcx is not illegal Albert Cahalan
2004-08-27 19:29 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-27 20:06 ` Kenneth Lavrsen
2004-08-27 20:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-27 20:24 ` David S. Miller
2004-08-27 20:26 ` Paul Jakma
2004-08-30 17:41 ` Brian Litzinger
2004-08-27 20:38 ` David Ford
2004-08-27 20:57 ` Albert Cahalan
2004-08-27 21:04 ` Greg KH [this message]
2004-08-27 21:09 ` Linus Torvalds
2004-08-29 14:00 ` Alan Cox
2004-08-29 16:33 ` Nemosoft Unv.
2004-08-29 15:42 ` Alan Cox
2004-08-29 17:17 ` [linux-usb-devel] " Randy.Dunlap
2004-08-29 17:16 ` Norbert van Nobelen
2004-08-27 19:34 ` Paulo Marques
2004-08-27 21:34 ` Albert Cahalan
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2004-08-28 8:15 Gabucino
2004-08-28 10:30 ` Vojtech Pavlik
2004-08-28 12:18 Kenneth Lavrsen
2004-08-28 13:11 ` Adrian Bunk
2004-08-28 15:24 ` Kenneth Lavrsen
2004-08-29 14:02 ` Alan Cox
2004-09-01 22:51 ` Rogier Wolff
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