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From: Linus Torvalds

Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only symbols

Date: Friday, February 29, 2008 - 10:07 am

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Zan Lynx wrote:
quoted text> 
> The Linux kernel itself will load proprietary modules.  It does not as a
> general rule, but it will.

.. and it doesn't export GPLONLY modules to them.

How stupid do you have to be to not understand that?

		Linus
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[PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-only s ..., Pavel Roskin, (Thu Feb 28, 3:11 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Thu Feb 28, 4:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Thu Feb 28, 11:20 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Feb 29, 9:08 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Chris Friesen, (Fri Feb 29, 9:54 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Zan Lynx, (Fri Feb 29, 9:59 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Feb 29, 10:06 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Feb 29, 10:07 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Jon Masters, (Fri Feb 29, 10:18 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 10:20 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Feb 29, 10:33 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Chris Friesen, (Fri Feb 29, 10:59 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 12:39 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Feb 29, 12:53 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 1:08 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., John W. Linville, (Fri Feb 29, 1:17 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Fri Feb 29, 1:28 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., David Newall, (Fri Feb 29, 1:40 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 1:44 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 1:59 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., David Newall, (Fri Feb 29, 2:08 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 2:13 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Ingo Molnar, (Fri Feb 29, 2:15 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Adrian Bunk, (Fri Feb 29, 2:55 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 3:17 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Fri Feb 29, 3:31 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., David Newall, (Sat Mar 1, 1:15 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Ingo Molnar, (Mon Mar 3, 3:57 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Mon Mar 3, 10:37 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Ingo Molnar, (Tue Mar 4, 5:57 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Linus Torvalds, (Tue Mar 4, 10:19 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Greg KH, (Tue Mar 4, 10:38 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Tue Mar 4, 10:45 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Ingo Molnar, (Tue Mar 4, 1:51 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Ingo Molnar, (Tue Mar 4, 2:20 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Pavel Roskin, (Tue Mar 4, 4:23 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Jiri Kosina, (Tue Mar 4, 4:25 pm)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., Ingo Molnar, (Wed Mar 5, 6:21 am)

Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-on ..., David Woodhouse, (Thu Mar 6, 7:56 am)

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