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SubjectRe: feature request - why not make netif_rx() a pointer?
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On Wed, 2002-10-23 at 16:16, Henning P. Schmiedehausen wrote:
> You will never understand, that <insert evil vendor here> can simply
> add this modification to the kernel source ("vendor tree"), give this
> source away under GPL license and then ship its binary kernel modules
> with the source tree.

Thats what lawyers are for.

> Not putting an export into the source or exporting GPL_ONLY symbols
> won't hinder anyone. Because putting the hooks into a GPL source and
> then releasing the result (code + hooks) under GPL is perfectly legal.

Not according to lawyers

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