Em 25-01-2012 11:46, Mauro Carvalho Chehab escreveu: > Em 25-01-2012 10:30, Alan Cox escreveu: >>> Technically speaking, is there no way that the EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPLed >>> symbols can be used by the binary blobs, possibly with an open-sourced >>> shim which provides the buffer-sharing interface to the binary blobs? >>> Are there any reasons to not consider this approach? >> >> The GPL requires all the code of a work is source. All of it, no shims no >> magic glue. EXPORT_SYMBOL isn't an indication you can use it for binary >> modules. The GPL licence is quite clear on what is covered. > > Agreed. Such patch won't change anything. The discussions, patch reviews, > etc were under the assumption that the code will be GPL'd, plus the > subsystems that are exposed by this interface also assumes that. > Any trials to circumvent it seem to violate Kernel owner's rights. In time, let me rephrase it: Any trial to circumvent it seems to be an attempt to violate Kernel owner's rights. > >> Since you've asked this I'm advised by my lawyer to respond to all such >> assumptions of legality of binary modules... >> >> For a Linux kernel containing any code I own the code is under the GNU >> public license v2 (in some cases or later), I have never given permission >> for that code to be used as part of a combined or derivative work which >> contains binary chunks. I have never said that modules are somehow >> magically outside the GPL and I am doubtful that in most cases a work >> containing binary modules for a Linux kernel is compatible with the >> licensing, although I accept there may be some cases that it is. >> >> Alan > > I second Alan: > For a Linux kernel containing any code I own the code is under the GNU > public license v2 (in a few cases, where explicitly said GPLv2 or later > or dual GNU/BSD), I have never given permission for that code to be > used as part of a combined or derivative work which contains binary chunks. > > Regards, > Mauro. _______________________________________________ dri-devel mailing list dri-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://lists.freedesktop.org/mailman/listinfo/dri-devel
