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From: Greg KH <gregkh@suse.de>
To: Michael ODonald <mcodonald@yahoo.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, torvalds@osdl.org
Subject: Re: Abolishing the DMCA (was GPL only modules)
Date: Thu, 14 Dec 2006 13:32:46 -0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20061214213246.GB9450@suse.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <561312.27000.qm@web58907.mail.re1.yahoo.com>

On Thu, Dec 14, 2006 at 01:09:06PM -0800, Michael ODonald wrote:
> PS: I encourage Greg and all developers who were initially in favor
> of enforcing the GPL-only module policy to stand strong on this
> important issue.

I think you missed the point that my patch prevents valid usages of
non-GPL modules from happening, which is not acceptable.  The GPL comes
into play when the code is distributed, not when it is run.  Because of
this, such a check like I did hurts people who are complying by the GPL
license of the kernel.

thanks,

greg k-h

  reply	other threads:[~2006-12-14 21:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-14 21:09 Abolishing the DMCA (was GPL only modules) Michael ODonald
2006-12-14 21:32 ` Greg KH [this message]
2006-12-15  4:53   ` Abolishing the DMCA Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-15  1:06 ` Abolishing the DMCA (was GPL only modules) Alan
2006-12-15  6:53 ` Willy Tarreau

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