The patch titled
remove dubious legal statment from uio-howto
has been removed from the -mm tree. Its filename was
remove-dubious-legal-statment-from-uio-howto.patch
This patch was dropped because it was merged into mainline or a subsystem tree
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Subject: remove dubious legal statment from uio-howto
From: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
UIO currently contains a rather dubious statement which wants removing.
The actual questions around whether user space code that depends tightly
on kernel GPL code designed to co-work with it are derivative works of
the kernel is extremely complex, and since we don't have space for either
a masters length essay on legal issues or need to start flamewars lets
simply remove the comment and leave law to lawyers
Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <hjk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Greg KH <greg@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl | 4 ----
1 files changed, 4 deletions(-)
diff -puN Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl~remove-dubious-legal-statment-from-uio-howto Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
--- a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl~remove-dubious-legal-statment-from-uio-howto
+++ a/Documentation/DocBook/uio-howto.tmpl
@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ interested in translating it, please ema
<para>updates of your driver can take place without recompiling
the kernel.</para>
</listitem>
-<listitem>
- <para>if you need to keep some parts of your driver closed source,
- you can do so without violating the GPL license on the kernel.</para>
-</listitem>
</itemizedlist>
<sect1 id="how_uio_works">
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Patches currently in -mm which might be from alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
origin.patch
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fix-serial-buffer-memory-leak-fix.patch
nozomi-shoot-defunct-label.patch
git-libata-all.patch
pata_acpi-rework-the-acpi-drivers-based-upon-experience.patch
libata-add-irq_flags-to-struct-pata_platform_info-fix.patch
alpm-store-interrupt-value.patch
alpm-increase-number-of-allowable-device-flags.patch
alpm-enable-link-power-management-for-ata-drivers.patch
alpm-enable-aggressive-link-power-management-for-ahci-controllers.patch
libata-acpi-checks-for-80wire-cable-headers.patch
libata-acpi-checks-for-80wire-cable-implementation.patch
libata-acpi-checks-for-80wire-cable-use-in-pata_amd.patch
libata-acpi-checks-for-80wire-cable-use-in-pata_via.patch
libata-correct-iordy-handling.patch
st340823a-hpa-and-libata.patch
pata_cmd64x-set-up-mwdma-modes-properly.patch
ata_piix-disallow-udma-133-on-ich5-ich7.patch
libata-fix-hopefully-all-the-remaining-problems-with.patch
tty-add-the-new-ioctls-and-definitionto-the-mips.patch
add-blacklisting-capability-to-serial_pci-to-avoid-misdetection.patch
add-blacklisting-capability-to-serial_pci-to-avoid-misdetection-fix.patch
dtc-clean-up-indent-damage-and-add-printk-levels.patch
kl5kusb105-switch-to-new-speed-api.patch
mct_u232-convert-to-proper-speed-handling-api-fix.patch
geode-mfgpt-support-for-geode-class-machines.patch
geode-mfgpt-clock-event-device-support.patch
xtensa-enable-arbitary-tty-speed-setting-ioctls.patch
usb-serial-fix-oti6858c-segfault-in-termios-handling.patch
belkin_sa-avoid-divide-by-zero-error.patch
blackfin-enable-arbitary-speed-serial-setting.patch
mxser-remove-use-of-dead-tty_flipbuf_size-definition.patch
jsm-remove-further-unneeded-crud.patch
char-cyclades-remove-bottom-half-processing.patch
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