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    SubjectRe: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper
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    On Fri, 2006-10-27 at 01:00 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
    > On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:29:53PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote:
    > > On Thu, 2006-10-26 at 23:46 +0200, Adrian Bunk wrote:
    > >...
    > > > It's not even clear that any modules containing non-GPL'ed code were
    > > > legal.
    > >
    > > I'm not a lawyer, but I think one cannot classify software as legal or
    > > illegal.
    >
    > That's wrong, e.g. in some jurisdictions writing software that
    > circumvents copyright protections is forbidden by law.

    Fortunately, it would take a long flight of imagination to classify
    ndiswrapper as "software that circumvents copyright protections". One
    would have to claim that ndiswrapper is "bundling" itself with non-free
    code and "distributing" that "bundle" from the hard drive into RAM, or
    something just as ridiculous.

    Anyway, I'm glad that the sanity has prevailed for now.

    --
    Regards,
    Pavel Roskin

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