On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 10:25:12PM -0800, v j wrote: > >It's written in black and white, in the license. > > Please point me to where it says I cannot load proprietary modules in > the Kernel. > It doesn't, but EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL makes it quite clear what you can not do if you are not a GPL module.
> > Apart from that, > >Greg KH has made his opinion clear, and you have said you understand > >and don't debate that he holds this opinion, and his code is what you > >said you were linking to (the sysfs/class stuff), so why do you keep > >saying that "it is not clear". > > I know his opinion. I don't debate his opinion. It is his code. I > choose not to use his code because of the license issue. > Then choose not to use it and move on, rather than lamenting the fact that your life is more difficult because of his decision > >Do you think that, somehow, Linus' opinion trumps Greg KH's opinion on > >his own code? > > No, just that the trend is disturbing. If enough Kernel Developers > choose to write their Software in a way that prevents others from > using it freely, then that is troubling. Especially when these Kernel > Developers are substituting existing interfaces in the Kernel with > ones that are NEW and require specific licenses. > Its disturbing to you, and you alone. If you stopped using Linux today because of this, no one would miss you. If enough like-minded people did this, you would all be using your business model, and th F/OSS community would continue on its way. You appear to think that the community relies on people who make drivers in you're model, and thats simply not the case. Neil > vj. > - > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/