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From: Christoph Hellwig <hch@infradead.org>
Date: Mon, 19 Sep 2005 15:52:03 +0000
Subject: Re: [ACPI] [PATCH] ACPI: implement UUID-labelled vendor-defined resources
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To: "Moore, Robert" <robert.moore-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>
Cc: Bjorn Helgaas <bjorn.helgaas-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>, "Brown, Len" <len.brown-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>, Alex Williamson <alex.williamson-VXdhtT5mjnY@public.gmane.org>, acpi-devel-5NWGOfrQmneRv+LV9MX5uipxlwaOVQ5f@public.gmane.org, "Luck, Tony" <tony.luck-ral2JQCrhuEAvxtiuMwx3w@public.gmane.org>, linux-ia64-u79uwXL29TY76Z2rM5mHXA@public.gmane.org

On Fri, Sep 16, 2005 at 02:56:31PM -0700, Moore, Robert wrote:
> And to make things even more interesting, the base ACPICA code looks
> nothing like the final Linux version of the code; it is converted on the
> fly before every release to Linux.

So the Linux code is not the "preferred from of modification"?  You're
on an extremly slipperly slope vs the GPL there.  Not that I want to
sue your or intel, but this is certainly not in the spirit of the
License.