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Weblog:   Is Linksys shirking the GPL? (Maybe not.)
Subject:   autoconf and an itchy trigger finger
Date:   2003-08-01 04:32:52
From:   anonymous2
Response to: autoconf and an itchy trigger finger

since when was it a violation of the GPL to release closed-source kernel modules? ever heard of nvidia? ati? surely any part of the kernel which contained these "routines" (care to share them with us so we have some information to go on?) could be modularized and modified or rewritten.
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  • autoconf and an itchy trigger finger
    2003-08-18 13:26:58  anonymous2 [View]

    The point of the GPL is that I could modify the Linux kernel 2.4.5 to suit my needs, recompile it (if I have the proper compiler, that's another story), and still link with the closed-source modules. For instance if I want better IPv6 support with USAGI. Currently I can't. It's a violation of the spirit and letter of the GPL.
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