Re: [PATCH 2.6.25] module: allow ndiswrapper to use GPL-onlysymbols

[Linus Torvalds]

On Fri, 29 Feb 2008, Pavel Roskin wrote:
> > 
> > I'm not seeing why ndiswrapper should be treated separately.
> 
> It is already treated separately, and has been for a long time.

No, I mean "separately from the thing it loads".

It loads non-GPL code, it is non-GPL.

> > If it loads non-GPL modules, it shouldn't be able to use GPLONLY symbols.
> 
> This is not the original intention of GPLONLY.  GPLONLY exists to prevent
> loading of modules that are proprietary, but can be considered to be Linux
> derivatives due to their use of Linux specific API.

Exactly. And ndiswrapper loads proprietary modules.

You're not following the argument. There was a reason ndiswrapper was 
marked for tainting. 

			Linus
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