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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Anton Blanchard <anton@samba.org>
Cc: s.schmidt@avm.de, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	opensuse-factory@opensuse.org, kkeil@suse.de
Subject: Re: 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB drivers of major vendor excluded
Date: Sat, 18 Feb 2006 19:20:18 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20060219032018.GA6913@kroah.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20060219030904.GA13520@krispykreme>

On Sun, Feb 19, 2006 at 02:09:04PM +1100, Anton Blanchard wrote:
> 
> FYI The lkml FAQ paints a different picture:
> 
>   Note that Linus has stated that existing symbols will not be switched to
>   GPL-only. Developers of proprietary modules for Linux need not fear.
>   Furthermore, it is quite unlikely that Linus will look favourably upon
>   the introduction of new core driver APIs which are restricted to
>   GPL-only modules. This would not be in the best interests of Linux.
>   Linus has forwarded me a message he sent to someone else to clarify his
>   views.

I suggest that this entry be updated with all of the new information
that has happened in the 8 years or so since that was written :)

thanks,

greg k-h

      reply	other threads:[~2006-02-19  3:20 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 30+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
     [not found] <200601200904.00389.dazzle.digital@gmail.com>
2006-02-03 16:24 ` 2.6.16 serious consequences / GPL_EXPORT_SYMBOL / USB drivers of major vendor excluded s.schmidt
2006-02-03 22:50   ` Pavel Machek
2006-02-04 16:27   ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2006-02-04 19:24     ` Jan Kiszka
2006-02-09 15:52       ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-02-05 20:53   ` Greg KH
2006-02-16 14:24     ` Re[2]: " s.schmidt
2006-02-16 14:35       ` Arjan van de Ven
2006-02-16 19:49       ` [opensuse-factory] " Robert Schiele
2006-02-16 22:09       ` Carl-Daniel Hailfinger
2006-02-16 22:51         ` Karsten Keil
2006-02-17 23:00       ` Greg KH
2006-02-19 14:34         ` Stephan von Krawczynski
2006-03-06 12:47         ` Re[2]: " s.schmidt
2006-03-06 17:05           ` Greg KH
2006-03-06 21:09             ` [Libusb-devel] " Michael Bender
2006-03-06 22:02               ` Greg KH
2006-03-07  7:42           ` [opensuse-factory] Re[2]: " Silviu Marin-Caea
2006-03-07 22:10             ` Lee Revell
2006-03-07 23:37               ` Matthias Andree
2006-03-08  0:55                 ` Lee Revell
2006-03-08  1:39                   ` Douglas McNaught
2006-02-18  2:42       ` Lee Revell
2006-02-19  4:57       ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2006-02-19 17:02         ` Steven Rostedt
2006-02-20  3:11           ` Sasha Khapyorsky
2006-02-20  6:58             ` Steven Rostedt
2006-02-19 16:25       ` Re[2]: " Christoph Hellwig
2006-02-19  3:09     ` Anton Blanchard
2006-02-19  3:20       ` Greg KH [this message]

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