Re: Microsoft's Linux Kernel Code Drop Result of GPL Violation

[Alexander Terekhov]

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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