Wireshark-dev: Re: [Wireshark-dev] GPL license question

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From: Sebastien Tandel <sebastien@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:07:20 -0300
Phillip Paradis wrote:
> One might be able to do as Nvidia/ATI et. al. do with their drivers. 

Just to mention that it won't be possible anymore to load a non-GPL
module into the kernel after the 1st January 2008. It seems that kernel
people (probably assisted by lawyers) have decided that non-GPL kernel
module infringes the GPL license. ;)

http://thread.gmane.org/gmane.linux.kernel/475654/focus=475796


Regards,
Sebastien Tandel