From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 06:06:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 06:05:57 -0400 Received: from parcelfarce.linux.theplanet.co.uk ([195.92.249.252]:45581 "EHLO www.linux.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Thu, 7 Jun 2001 06:05:42 -0400 Date: Thu, 7 Jun 2001 11:05:07 +0100 From: Russell King To: "David S. Miller" Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] sockreg2.4.5-05 inet[6]_create() register/unregister table Message-ID: <20010607110507.A1765@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <200106051659.LAA20094@em.cig.mot.com> <3B1E5CC1.553B4EF1@alacritech.com> <15134.42714.3365.32233@theor.em.cig.mot.com> <15134.43914.98253.998655@pizda.ninka.net> <3B1EC74D.6C720537@candelatech.com> <15134.49211.159673.522020@pizda.ninka.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <15134.49211.159673.522020@pizda.ninka.net>; from davem@redhat.com on Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 04:43:55PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Wed, Jun 06, 2001 at 04:43:55PM -0700, David S. Miller wrote: > And my current understanding is that allowing proprietary > reimplementations of the VM, VFS, and core networking, is not one of > the things which is allowed. Umm, any commercial company can come along and re-implement any part of the Linux kernel, produce a distribution or supply kernel binary images as long as they make available the source code to the people they supply the kernel binary to, and no more. People do this already with the kernel. You're not really preventing this, and neither does the GPL prevent it. -- Russell King (rmk@arm.linux.org.uk) The developer of ARM Linux http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/personal/aboutme.html