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SubjectRe: The end of embedded Linux?
Em Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 06:20:46PM +0100, simon@baydel.com escreveu:
> It is likley that this project will not go to the market with Linux as
> the OS. The original intention was to make available all kernel
> changes and ship object modules for the specialised hardware.
>
> Reading the GPL tells me that really it is not correct to ship
> modules either, athough I know people do it.

Well, ask a lawyer, but Linux is licensed under the GPL _plus_ some
extra clauses, for instance it is ok, AFAIK, to ship a binary only module
that restrains itself to using non EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL exported symbols.

Think NVidia, vmware, etc.

And yes, IANAL.

- Arnaldo
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