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SubjectRe: Binary only module overview
On Tue, 25 Sep 2001, Mark Zealey wrote:

> On Tue, Sep 25, 2001 at 08:44:39AM -0700, Greg KH wrote:
>
> > On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 12:40:44PM -0400, Arjan van de Ven wrote:
> > >
> > > I'm composing a list of all existing binary only modules,
> >
> > Argus System's PitBull for Linux modifies the kernel. No source or
> > patches for these modifications can be found on the web, so I'm guessing
> > that it's closed source:
> > http://www.argus-systems.com/
>
> Umm, is it me or is that totally against the GPL? Have you bitched at them about
> this?

IIRC, the GPL only talks about _modifications_of_ GPLed code, not
_modifications_made_to_. Argus is treading a line, but it may not be doing
anything illegal.

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Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams <ignacio@openservices.net>

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