[android-kernel] Re: GPL Kernel module vs prprietary driver - export information

2011-01-26 Thread Chris Stratton
On Jan 26, 12:43 pm, Disconnect wrote: > That aside, you missed his subtle change of subject - the original author > was talking about modules external to the kernel (presumably not derived > from it) and therefor not counted as "kernel code". He shifted the topic to > "kernel code" (which is cov

Re: [android-kernel] Re: GPL Kernel module vs prprietary driver - export information

2011-01-26 Thread Disconnect
This should be good, given who Greg KH is (hint: https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Greg_Kroah-Hartman) Despite his insistence on not having/offering legal opinions, he immediately posted one ("this is illegal, tell me who did it") and another, below ("kernel code must be gpl".) That

[android-kernel] Re: GPL Kernel module vs prprietary driver - export information

2011-01-26 Thread Chris Stratton
On Jan 21, 2:10 pm, Greg KH wrote: > All kernel code must be released under the GPL, so there's not really > a "if I use this function or not" type thing going on, sorry. untrue - see for example binary-only video driver modules -- unsubscribe: android-kernel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com websi