On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 9:41 PM, Luis R. Rodriguez<lrodriguez@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Mon, Jul 27, 2009 at 12:08 PM, Johannes > Berg<johannes@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> On Mon, 2009-07-27 at 11:59 -0700, Luis R. Rodriguez wrote: >> >>> +EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL(ieee80211_queue_work); >> >> Do we really want to allow these as _GPL only? Most things are not _GPL >> but usable by anyone, which of course isn't too useful since mac80211 >> changes all the time :) > > Well I don't see why not. > > Luis Do we want to prevent non-GPL drivers from using mac80211? That's actually counter-productive, as it reduces the chance of a manufacturer ever releasing a useful, kernel-includable driver. (Most manufacturers initially develop non-GPL drivers, which hopefully end up getting released under the GPL after community persuasion. If we make mac80211 GPL-only, that prevents any internal driver based on mac80211 from getting written.) -- Vista: [V]iruses, [I]ntruders, [S]pyware, [T]rojans and [A]dware. :-) -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-wireless" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
