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From: Giacomo Catenazzi <cate@debian.org>
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To: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
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Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
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Andre Hedrick wrote:

> On 20 Nov 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
>
>
> >On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 18:57, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> >
> >>The double negative unwrapped:
> >>
> >>"Being a module doesnt make it not a derivative work."
> >>
> >>'Being a module does (not) make it not a derivative work.'
> >>'Being a module does (not) make it (not) a derivative work.'
> >>
> >>'Being a module does make it a derivative work.'
> >>
> >>Is this the intent of the statement?
> >
> >No
>
>
> Excellent!
>
> Now if Linus would just make to position clear.

Check this Linus' post: recent and with clear statment:
http://lwn.net/Articles/13066/
[Full discussion in http://lwn.net/Articles/13398/, support LWN!]

ciao
	giacomo

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