On Thu, Jan 19, 2006 at 10:25:21AM -0600, Adam Thornton wrote: > >I haven't read the whitepaper, but the overview (link below) indicates > >that the author feels that companies using software which violates the > >GPL, may also be violating Sarbanes-Oxley as well. He specifically > >mentions the habit that vendors have of binary only Kernel loadable > >modules (think 3590 support on zSeries Linux). > >http://www.tgdaily.com/2006/01/18/wasabi_whitepaper_dangersofgpl/ > And, gee, he works for a company that sells BSD appliances.
While I'm certainly no fan of the GPL (I'll pause for a moment so Adam can clean off his screen), I think this guy's a bit over the top. In particular, I do not agree at all that LKMs "almost certainly violate the GPL", considering that Linus has said they do not. If they don't, his whole argument goes down the tubes. -- Jay Maynard, K5ZC http://www.conmicro.cx http://jmaynard.livejournal.com http://www.tronguy.net http://www.hercules-390.org (Yes, that's me!) Buy Hercules stuff at http://www.cafepress.com/hercules-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
