On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:57:53PM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote: > On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 15:29, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > Can we drop this straw-man discussion now? > > > > We don't do binary hooks in the kernel. Full stop. > > Sure. That has nothing to do with whether it would > be legal or not. It had been implied (by Greg KH) > that you thought Linux-specific proprietary drivers > using hooks are illegal.
No, I was trying to state that the hook itself was not allowed. I'll let others argue about the legality of the code using such a hook. Sorry for any confusion about that. greg k-h ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by BEA Weblogic Workshop FREE Java Enterprise J2EE developer tools! Get your free copy of BEA WebLogic Workshop 8.1 today. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=5047&alloc_id=10808&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-devel
