From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:46:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:46:06 -0400 Received: from mail.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.131]:28340 "EHLO shell.webmaster.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 5 Sep 2001 14:45:52 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: "Alan Shutko" Cc: Subject: RE: Linux 2.4.9-ac6 Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2001 11:46:11 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <87zo8atcvz.fsf@wesley.springies.com> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2600.0000 Importance: Normal Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org > "David Schwartz" writes: > > Yes, but even if the module is GPL'd, the module could still cost > > $1,000 and you're not entitled to the source if you didn't buy the > > module. > OTOH, if you're getting a bug report from someone who has a GPLed > module, they can get the source and send it to you. Perhaps, but: 1) They may not have it or know the procedure to get it. 2) The offer for the source may have expired. 3) This is true whether or not the module is GPLed, they may have the source or they may not. 4) Many other licenses may result in publically available source and may not, just like the GPL. If you want to make sure the user has the source from which the module was built, that can be checked for. (Though it's not simple, unfortunately.) What you want to do is make sure the user understands that he had better be able to produce the source for any kernel modules loaded at the time of the problem. If not, he needs to reproduce the bug on a system without the relevant modules. I think a tag for 'source code is available to anyone for debugging purposes, no questions asked' is more what's wanted. DS