Re: ndiswrapper and GPL-only symbols redux

Xavier Bestel
2008-02-06T11:11:42Z

On Wed, 2008-02-06 at 12:50 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> The Linux kernel is licenced under the GPLv2.
>
> Ndiswrapper loads and executes code with not GPLv2 compatible
> licences
> in a way in the kernel that might be considered similar to a GPLv2'ed
> userspace program dlopen() a dynamic library file with a not GPLv2
> compatible licence.
>
> IANAL, but I do think there might be real copyright issues with
> ndiswrapper.

There are issue as soon as ndiswrapper loads a proprietary NDIS. But a
system with just ndiswrapper loaded shouldn't be tainted.

Xav