From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754782AbYBCXYA (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:24:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752911AbYBCXXw (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:23:52 -0500 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([18.85.46.34]:50185 "EHLO bombadil.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752696AbYBCXXv (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 18:23:51 -0500 Date: Sun, 3 Feb 2008 15:15:30 -0800 From: Greg KH To: Christer Weinigel Cc: Pekka Enberg , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only Message-ID: <20080203231530.GB15692@kroah.com> References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> <20080203124849.0226560f@weinigel.se> <84144f020802030635h3a9c4304n943d117e936f1c2d@mail.gmail.com> <47A5F418.6030104@weinigel.se> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <47A5F418.6030104@weinigel.se> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.16 (2007-06-09) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sun, Feb 03, 2008 at 06:04:24PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote: > Pekka Enberg wrote: >> Why are we discussing this again? The Linux kernel is distributed >> under the GPLv2 and even though there are some legal gray areas >> regarding derived work (think nvidia and ati binary blobs here), the >> license is not friendly towards proprietary drivers at all. > > Why? Because it is a gray area. No, it really is not a gray area at all, especially when you are writing a new driver for Linux. Go talk to a lawyer if you want the details. thanks, greg k-h