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Date: Thu, 17 Oct 2002 10:26:41 -0700 (PDT)
From: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@transmeta.com>
To: "Richard B. Johnson" <root@chaos.analogic.com>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] make LSM register functions GPLonly exports
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On Thu, 17 Oct 2002, Richard B. Johnson wrote:
> 
> This, by example, shows that "GPL Only" is unenforceable.  I suggest
> that all the "GPL only" zealots try something new (like more good code),
> rather than attempting to prevent honest workers from using code
> they helped develop.

You misunderstand what GPLONLY is all about.

It's not a change to the license. It's a click-through (ie you have to 
actually do something specific to make "insmod" even load your license).

		Linus

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