Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols | From | Zan Lynx <> | Date | Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:59:11 -0700 |
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On Fri, 2008-02-29 at 08:08 -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: [cut] > It loads non-GPL code, it is non-GPL. [cut] > Exactly. And ndiswrapper loads proprietary modules.
The Linux kernel itself will load proprietary modules. It does not as a general rule, but it will.
Is the Linux kernel then not GPL? No. This argument doesn't work, Linus.
There exists at least one GPL NDIS driver[1]. How about if everyone involved piously promises to load it at least once?
[1] http://cipe-win32.sourceforge.net/ -- Zan Lynx <zlynx@acm.org> [unhandled content-type:application/pgp-signature]
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