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Subject: Re: [ANNOUNCE] Generalised Kernel Hooks Interface (GKHI)
To: tytso@MIT.EDU (Theodore Y. Ts'o)
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> Actually, he's been quite specific.  It's ok to have binary modules as
> long as they conform to the interface defined in /proc/ksyms.  

What is completely unclear is if he has the authority to say that given that
there is code from other people including the FSF merged into the tree.

I've taken to telling folks who ask about binary modules to talk to their legal
department. The whole question is simply to complicated for anyone else to
work on.

Alan

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