Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 3 Sep 2003 12:49:47 -0700 (PDT) | From | Andre Hedrick <> | Subject | Re: Driver Model |
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On Wed, 3 Sep 2003, Pascal Schmidt wrote:
> On Wed, 03 Sep 2003 20:00:24 +0200, you wrote in linux.kernel: > > > The fact that GPL_ONLY horse sh*t exists means there is a restriction on > > usage. So "GPL_ONLY" has in effect violated GPL, by imposing restrictions > > of usage. > > Where is the restriction? You get the source code, you can roll your > own and remove the GPL_ONLY stuff. Apart from that I do not recall > to have seen anything about restrictions of usage in the GPL... the > only thing it tries to prevent is the source code becoming proprietary.
Pascal,
I agree with you and you make the point clear! There are people who have issued letters to big linux distributors in the US about changing a symbol types. That is a restriction for usage, in my opinion.
Cheers,
Andre
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