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authorAlan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>2007-08-08 19:57:54 -0400
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@woody.linux-foundation.org>2007-08-09 11:40:21 -0400
commit6adb31c90c47262c8a25bf5097de9b3426caf3ae (patch)
tree1a8fc2bc8b0233e8308e9ea4f3e5b8f0ea17c3fe /Documentation/DocBook
parent620b5e68ee89ba1d3f017056857459dc21be8c7b (diff)
remove dubious legal statment from uio-howto
UIO currently contains a rather dubious statement which wants removing. The actual questions around whether user space code that depends tightly on kernel GPL code designed to co-work with it are derivative works of the kernel is extremely complex, and since we don't have space for either a masters length essay on legal issues or need to start flamewars lets simply remove the comment and leave law to lawyers Signed-off-by: Alan Cox <alan@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <tovalds@linux-foundation.org>
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@@ -133,10 +133,6 @@ interested in translating it, please email me
133 <para>updates of your driver can take place without recompiling 133 <para>updates of your driver can take place without recompiling
134 the kernel.</para> 134 the kernel.</para>
135</listitem> 135</listitem>
136<listitem>
137 <para>if you need to keep some parts of your driver closed source,
138 you can do so without violating the GPL license on the kernel.</para>
139</listitem>
140</itemizedlist> 136</itemizedlist>
141 137
142<sect1 id="how_uio_works"> 138<sect1 id="how_uio_works">