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Microsoft contributes Hyper-V drivers to the kernel

Microsoft contributes Hyper-V drivers to the kernel

Posted Jul 20, 2009 21:17 UTC (Mon) by dlang (✭ supporter ✭, #313)
In reply to: Microsoft contributes Hyper-V drivers to the kernel by proski
Parent article: Microsoft contributes Hyper-V drivers to the kernel

they are distributing drivers for linux. those drivers are derivitives of the kernel, so to release those drivers they need to do so under GPLv2

nothing says they need to distribute the entire kernel.


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Microsoft contributes Hyper-V drivers to the kernel

Posted Jul 21, 2009 0:07 UTC (Tue) by proski (subscriber, #104) [Link]

Cunning bastards :-(

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