From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932928AbWLNVdK (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:33:10 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932932AbWLNVdJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:33:09 -0500 Received: from cantor2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:54458 "EHLO mx2.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932928AbWLNVdJ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Dec 2006 16:33:09 -0500 Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:32:46 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Michael ODonald Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org Subject: Re: Abolishing the DMCA (was GPL only modules) Message-ID: <20061214213246.GB9450@suse.de> References: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.13 (2006-08-11) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 01:09:06PM -0800, Michael ODonald wrote: > PS: I encourage Greg and all developers who were initially in favor > of enforcing the GPL-only module policy to stand strong on this > important issue. I think you missed the point that my patch prevents valid usages of non-GPL modules from happening, which is not acceptable. The GPL comes into play when the code is distributed, not when it is run. Because of this, such a check like I did hurts people who are complying by the GPL license of the kernel. thanks, greg k-h