Date: Mon, 28 Mar 2005 15:12:59 +0200 (CEST)
From: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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Subject: Re: Can't use SYSFS for "Proprietry" driver modules !!!.
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On Sun, 27 Mar 2005, Alan Cox wrote:
> On Sul, 2005-03-27 at 14:53, Wichert Akkerman wrote:
> > Are you sure? It is perfectly legal to relicense things if you own the
> > copyright. As long as he never distributes his GPL version I don't see
> > why he should have a problem.
> 
> The GPL is a distribution license, it doesn't really matter what you do
> *internally* with GPL code. It might be a DMCA violation in the USSA but
                                                                  ^^^^
Is this a plain stupid typo, or am I missing a new joke? ;-(

> thats because the law is broken.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

						Geert

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Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- geert@linux-m68k.org

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