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A position statement on closed-source kernel modules

A position statement on closed-source kernel modules

Posted Jun 23, 2008 23:01 UTC (Mon) by arjan (subscriber, #36785)
In reply to: A position statement on closed-source kernel modules by lrosen
Parent article: A position statement on closed-source kernel modules

Larry, I know you're a lawyer so you think legal things...
but this statement very deliberately is NOT about anything legal.

It's about the consequences and effects that binary modules have for users and Linux.


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A position statement on closed-source kernel modules

Posted Jun 24, 2008 0:26 UTC (Tue) by lrosen (guest, #31972) [Link]

To that extent, I agree with the published position statement. (I already said so!) I'm merely
making the point that theirs is not a legal statement about device drivers and Linux, and
ought not to be treated as such. /Larry

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