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List:       linux-kernel
Subject:    Re: [OT] Module Licensing?
From:       Larry McVoy <lm () bitmover ! com>
Date:       2001-10-31 23:54:47
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On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 11:47:07PM +0000, Jamie Lokier wrote:
> But if you take that strict interpretation, you have _no_ right to copy
> or distribute the object module anyway, except as granted by the license
> on the accompanying source code.

Right you are, but this is trivial to circumvent if you are trying to ship
a binary driver.  The binary doesn't have GPLed code, you are shipping two
things which are not combined when they were shipped, the end user combines
them when running them.
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Larry McVoy            	 lm at bitmover.com           http://www.bitmover.com/lm 
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