On Thu, 14 Nov 2024 08:09:17 -0800 Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Thanks for doing this! > > Reviewed-by: Christoph Hellwig <hch@xxxxxx> (Just as a heads-up, I have no affiliation with Tuxedo. Also, I've tried to tone down my email a bit, but I am pretty upset after looking at this, and really, *really* do not want to use a kernel that has this patch set merged. Also, I'm speaking strictly in my own capacity here.) I might be misunderstanding things here, but does this patch set prevent end-users from compiling and using Tuxedo's modules themselves if they want to? AIUI, it's fine to distribute GPLv3 code that is intended to link against GPLv2 code as long as you don't distribute the binary you get after compiling and linking. It looks to me like this patch will prevent users from compiling Tuxedo's modules for personal use on their own systems though. I personally dislike that for ethical reasons - I should be able to use whatever code I legally obtain on my system, and I don't like my use of Linux being wielded against another open-source project by requiring them to relicense their code or no one will be able to use their modules. -- Aaron Ubuntu Developer Launchpad: https://launchpad.net/~arraybolt3 Matrix: @arraybolt3:ubuntu.com Github: https://github.com/ArrayBolt3 Mastodon: @arraybolt3@xxxxxxxxxxx
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