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SubjectRe: Input on the Non-GPL Modules
On Thu, Oct 18, 2001 at 05:08:13PM +0000, Tony Hoyle wrote:
> This is still a GPL violation, as the small module couldn't then be
> linked with the proprietary module. Most companies aren't prepared to
> get into the legally murky ground that that sort of thing entails.

Why not? It is obviously allowed to write proprietary modules, as long
as they dont use GPL-only interfaces.

Jan

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