Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:24:07 -0300 (BRT) | From | Rik van Riel <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules... |
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> Well, you can't have it both ways. If you want the world to use > Linux, then the companies that spend their money making programs > and drivers that work with Linux are going to have to be able > to keep their own hard-earned code from their competitors, or the > companies that hire the Engineers that write the code will soon > be out-of-business, their work having been stolen by others.
That's the perfect argument for making some symbols GPL-only, after all Redhat, SuSE, Conectiva, etc. wouldn't want to have vmware and Veritas use their work without giving anything back ...
regards,
Rik -- Bravely reimplemented by the knights who say "NIH".
http://www.surriel.com/ http://distro.conectiva.com/
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