On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 16:30:35 -0800 Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 1 Dec 2007 11:17:36 -0800 > Stephen Hemminger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Then init_net needs to be not GPL limited. Sorry, we need to allow > > non GPL network drivers. There is a fine line between keeping the > > binary seething masses from accessing random kernel functions, and allowing > > reasonable (but still non GPL) things like ndiswrapper to use network > > device interface. > > > I spoke too soon earlier, ndiswrapper builds and loads against current > 2.6.24-rc3. Vmware and proprietary VPN software probably do not. Once again I > don't > give a damn, but the enterprise distro vendors certainly care. Enterprise distro vendors ship kernels from the 2.6.19 era, so I don't see why they care. Alan -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
