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Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation
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Alexander Terekhov |
Subject: |
Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation |
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Fri, 24 Jul 2009 16:57:03 +0200 |
LMAO!
http://news.cnet.com/8301-13556_3-10294282-61.html
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I had a conversation with Stephen Hemminger, who initially reported the
potential issue with Microsoft's driver, and he provided me with some
additional technical specifics. According to Stephen, the issue revolves
around a feature of the Linux kernel called EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL that
allows for interfaces to be marked as only available to modules with a
GPL-compatible license. From Stephen's perspective, Microsoft's
proprietary code had to use some of these interfaces that "the kernel
did not want to offer to non-GPL [code]."
If that all seemed a bit geeky technical, well it is.
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regards,
alexander.
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- Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation,
Alexander Terekhov <=
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Alan Mackenzie, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Rjack, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Rjack, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Rjack, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Rjack, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Hyman Rosen, 2009/07/24
- Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation, Alexander Terekhov, 2009/07/24