Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 27 Oct 2006 02:57:51 +0200 | From | Adrian Bunk <> | Subject | Re: incorrect taint of ndiswrapper |
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On Fri, Oct 27, 2006 at 01:36:41AM +0200, Sven-Haegar Koch wrote: > On Fri, 27 Oct 2006, Adrian Bunk wrote: > > >On Thu, Oct 26, 2006 at 06:29:53PM -0400, Pavel Roskin wrote: > >>Anyway, I don't think it's relevant to ndiswrapper. > >>... > > > >All non-GPL'ed modules are in a grey area, and the question isn't > >whether it's black or white but how light or dark the grey is... > > ndiswrapper is GPL, but is (with the current code) not allowed to use the > gpl-only'ed symbols.
ndiswrapper is mostly a compatility layer for linking non-GPL'ed code into the kernel.
This is really a grey area, and the legal status might depend on the jurisdiction and the judge.
Considering the vivid "cease and desist" business in Germany, I wouldn't be surprised if some day someone would start sending "cease and desist" letters against mirrors in Germany distributing code in this grey area...
> c'ya > sven
cu Adrian
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