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Date:      Fri, 29 Oct 2004 13:27:41 +0000 (UTC)
From:      "Will Henny" <willhenny@yahoo.com>
To:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: GPL vs BSD Licence
Message-ID:  <cltggd$lei$1@sea.gmane.org>
References:  <41815B2B.7070801@gmx.de> <LOBBIFDAGNMAMLGJJCKNEEJAEPAA.tedm@toybox.placo.com>

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On 2004-10-29, Ted Mittelstaedt <tedm@toybox.placo.com> wrote:
>
> It is.  It is the stated policy of the FSF that loadable kernel modules
> are considered part of the GPL work and therefore must be GPL'ed
> themselves.  That is where all this is coming from.

Unless you're talking about the Hurd, the FSF has no say in the matter.

The issue is discussed here: http://kerneltrap.org/node/view/1735



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