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SubjectRe: pwc+pwcx is not illegal
On Fri, Aug 27, 2004 at 04:57:53PM -0400, Albert Cahalan wrote:
> On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 15:29, Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > Can we drop this straw-man discussion now?
> >
> > We don't do binary hooks in the kernel. Full stop.
>
> Sure. That has nothing to do with whether it would
> be legal or not. It had been implied (by Greg KH)
> that you thought Linux-specific proprietary drivers
> using hooks are illegal.

No, I was trying to state that the hook itself was not allowed. I'll
let others argue about the legality of the code using such a hook.

Sorry for any confusion about that.

greg k-h
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