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SubjectRe: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?
arjanv@redhat.com wrote:

> On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 22:31, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> > Hi All,
> >
> > I have heard many people reference the fact that the although the Linux
> > Kernel is under the GNU GPL license, that the code is licensed with an
> > exception clause that says binary loadable modules do not have to be
> > under the GPL.
>
> there is no such exception, for example see:
>
> http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh9/SOURCES/COPYING.modules

Thanks for the link, that pretty much explains what I needed to know!

Regards,

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