[Madwifi-devel] Re: madwifi licensing vs kernel (was: netgear wg511t - wireless network card)
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From: Axel T. <Axel.Thimm@ATrpms.net> - 2006-02-18 14:30:07
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On Sat, Feb 18, 2006 at 03:14:04PM +0100, Stefan Bruens wrote: > Am Samstag, 18. Februar 2006 14:41 schrieb Axel Thimm: > > So, we can go and sue HP, SuSE, AVM and all of them, as well as the > > criminal action endorsing kernel devels that allow loading tainted > > kernel modules at the first place? > > > > Anyway this drifts into the endless debates about GPL. I'll wait until > > I'll get sued, too. Probably HP and SuSE will get sued before me, as > > there isn't much you can get out of me ;) >=20 > Maybe you should have at look at http://www.heise.de/newsticker/meldung/6= 9555=20 > (german) /=20 In a nutshell this sais that SuSE will outsource this problem to the ISV/IHV (e.g. they will host the drivers themselves), but that SuSE will have special arrangements to be able to pull those drivers in. So the argument is that we'll sue HP and AVM directly and Linus and SuSE only as the endorsing criminals? ;) Unfortunately the following question remained unanswered: http://lkml.org/lkml/2005/12/4/5 --=20 Axel.Thimm at ATrpms.net |