Messages in this thread |  | | Date | Thu, 09 Nov 2000 07:53:07 -0500 | From | Michael Rothwell <> | Subject | Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI) |
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Paul Jakma wrote: > > On Thu, 9 Nov 2000, Michael Rothwell wrote: > > > Why? I think the IBM GKHI code would be of tremendous value. It would > > make the kernel much more flexible, and for users, much more friendly. > > No more patch-and-recompile to add a filesystem or whatever. There's no > > reason to hamstring their efforts because of the possibility of binary > > modules. The GPL allows that, right? > > no gpl definitely does not alow binary modules.
Well, then, problem solved.
> afaik linus allows binary modules in most cases.
And since an "Advanced Linux Kernel Project" wouldn't be a Linus kernel, what then? Would they have the same discretion as Linus? Would Linus' exception apply to them? - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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