Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.

Rik van Riel
2005-03-28T18:38:37Z

On Mon, 28 Mar 2005, Mark Fortescue wrote:

> If you read the Linux Kernel header file "linux/module.h", there is a
> section about Licenses. If "Proprietary" licences are not leagal, then why
> are they supported ?
>
> The implication of providing support for them in the header file is that
> it is leagal to create and supply them.

That is your interpretation. Your lawyer might well have a
different opinion, and judges might have yet other opinions.
If you want to know the answer to your question with a higher
degree of certainty, ask your lawyer.

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