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Subject: Re: MODULE_LICENSE and EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:47:35 +0100 (BST)
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In-Reply-To: <3bcef893.4872.0@panix.com> from "Roy Murphy" at Oct 18, 2001 11:43:15 AM
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> exclusive right granted to authors that is within Linus' legal power as holder
> of the Copyright to the kernel to grant or to restrict.  Does Microsoft have
> a legal right to disallow any third-party drivers from 
> registering themselves with the OS?  Does Linus?

If they are derivative works - yes.
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