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At 12:18 AM 12/16/2001, Greg Lehey wrote:

>/usr/src/sys/gnu.  It's there now.
>
>>From the GPL:
>
>  If identifiable sections of that work are not derived from the
>  Program, and can be reasonably considered independent and separate
>  works in themselves, then this License, and its terms, do not apply
>  to those sections when you distribute them as separate works.

If they're part of the kernel, they're not separate works. RMS would
have the right to demand, TODAY, that the entire FreeBSD kernel
be licensed under the GPL. This is the danger of permitting the
camel's nose into the tent.

--Brett Glass


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