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SubjectRe: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario
FromLee Revell <>
DateTue, 06 Dec 2005 13:51:13 -0500
On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 17:36 +0200, Hannu Savolainen wrote:
> On Tue, 6 Dec 2005, Denis Vlasenko wrote:> > > How about refusing binary-only modules instead? I mean, maybe
> > if Linux will stop being lax about GPL requirements on modules.> Or why not to include an embedded version of gcc/binutils in the kernel
> LKM interface. In this way all drivers can only be distributed in source 
> code which effectively makes all forms of binary only drivers impossible. 

Are you saying you'd open source all those binary only OSS drivers if
this were to happen?

Lee


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