Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 03:41:19 -0700 From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> To: "Tani Hosokawa" <unknown@riverstyx.net> Cc: "Dag-Erling Smorgrav" <des@flood.ping.uio.no>, "David Kelly" <dkelly@hiwaay.net>, "Morten Seeberg" <morten@seeberg.dk>, <freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG> Subject: RE: SGI Donated Journalised FS Source to Linux Message-ID: <000301beb652$7042c4b0$021d85d1@whenever.youwant.to> In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.4.10.9906141737070.1992-100000@avarice.riverstyx.net>
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> I don't see as how the kernel module would be "stealing" from the kernel > at all. From a module's perspective, the kernel just has an API that it > has to conform to. In fact, a kernel module is only really a highly > specialized form of executable, and I think it would be inane to suggest > that all Linux executables be GPL'd because they happen to use various > kernel hooks in order to operate. Actually, I won't put words in his mouth, but the usual argument is that a module is not a 'work', but a part of one. DS To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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