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From: "M. R. Brown" <mrbrown@0xd6.org>
To: pierre@lineo.com
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Subject: Re: GPLONLY kernel symbols???
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* pierre@lineo.com <pierre@lineo.com> on Wed, Oct 17, 2001:

>=20
> I can make a kernel driver that compiles statically
> and also uses a non-GPL library, even in the form of
> a binary .o file, and the "tainted" mechanism as it
> is today will miss it entirely.
>=20

Statically into the kernel?  I don't think so.  First off, if your "static"
code isn't GPL'd you can't distribute the resultant kernel since you've
violated the GPL.  The tainted mechanism was designed for proprietary
and/or binary-only modules without a supported license.  The case you
mention above can't even exist (at least, not in any publically-accessible
code).

M. R.

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