From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1763270AbYBCPMP (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:12:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752739AbYBCPL7 (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:11:59 -0500 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:33931 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752196AbYBCPL6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 3 Feb 2008 10:11:58 -0500 Message-ID: <47A5D9CD.5070001@davidnewall.com> Date: Mon, 04 Feb 2008 01:42:13 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Christer Weinigel , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Greg KH wrote: > It comes down to the simple fact, if you wish to use Linux, abide by the > license it comes under. To do otherwise is both disenginous and > illegal[1]. By the way, I'm almost certain that the COPYING file is the first, last and only document specifying licence conditions, and nothing in that prevents a proprietary driver from including a patch that, for example, globally replaces ALL GPL-only symbols by the less restrictive ones. In fact, you'd be in a bit of strife down under if you tried to say otherwise. We've got quite strong consumer protection laws down here. You're just not allowed to claim additional licence conditions based on source code commentary. It's just games and hot air, isn't it?