Re: Must modules be GPL'ed?

Thomas Koenig (ig25@fg70.rz.uni-karlsruhe.de)
25 Apr 1996 16:32:29 +0200


In linux.dev.kernel, inr-linux-kernel@ms2.inr.ac.ru (really kuznet@ms2.inr.ac.ru) wrote:

>but I feel that it would be wrong to ALLOW to supply binary modules.

Some hardware vendors feel that by publishing the software needed
to access their cards, they reveal too much about their hardware
to possible competitors.

I don't this is the right tack to take, but they do have a point.