On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 9:37 PM, Ken Schneider - openSUSE <suse-list3@bout-tyme.net> wrote:
On 07/12/2010 07:21 PM, Greg KH pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 07:00:17PM -0400, Ken Schneider - openSUSE wrote:
On 07/12/2010 01:28 PM, Greg KH pecked at the keyboard and wrote:
On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 12:19:18PM -0500, Larry Finger wrote:
On 07/12/2010 11:57 AM, Greg KH wrote:
On Sun, Jul 11, 2010 at 11:42:09PM +0700, medwinz wrote: > To activate wlan I use broadcom-wl package from OBS.
Why is this package in obs? The license for the wl driver does not allow it to be redistributed, please delete it from OBS before people get in big trouble...
In my mind, even having it on Packman is a violation of the Broadcom license. I think the only legal way to run Broadcom wl is to download the source from Broadcom's site and compile it on your own machine!
That is correct, it can not be in Pacman either.
I'll go poke the OBS maintainers tomorrow to delete these illegal packages from obs.
thanks,
greg k-h
While you are at it why not also provide a link to the download area and instructions on how to compile and install the driver.
Why would I want to promote a driver that violates Novell's public position on Linux kernel modules, as well as my own, and one that violates my personal copyright on the kernel?
{sigh}
greg k-h
Ah yes, I forgot that you would rather that companies give up their IP then you accommodate them in the kernel. Sorry.
Violating "Novell's public position" does not make using "closed source binary" kernel modules illegal. If you do not want others to provide "closed source binary" modules provide a viable (working) alternative. I was not aware that the kernel was *your* personal creative work to copyright.
Ken, In general every individual kernel submission is copyrighted by the submitter. That's one reason the kernel is unlikely to ever move to GPL 3. Greg KH has been a major kernel contributor for years so he has submitted tons of copyrighted material to the kernel. I have no idea how that breaks down between Novell and personal copyright, but I don't think it matters. And I believe that all close source kernel modules violate GPL 2. ie. GPL2 calls for all modules/libraries that link to GPL code to be GPL. Closed source modules clearly violate that. Greg (Freemyer) -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org