Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols

Linus Torvalds
2008-02-29T19:54:50Z

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote:
>
> I already know what USB folks will say. They want proprietary drivers
> to be in the userspace. I doubt ndiswrapper will ever be ported to the
> userspace. It's much more likely that some other approach will be used.

If that's the case, then talk to the USB people. Maybe they are ok with
wrapping them in GPL wrappers. But it sounds like they would prefer the
stricter GPLONLY meaning (ie no ndiswrapper), and it's their code.

Linus