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On Thu, Apr 29, 2021 at 10:06 AM Mariusz Ceier <mceier+kernel@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Let's assume the hipothetical corporation wants to add some
> proprietary stuff to the kernel and avoid sharing the code

Wouldn't Greg KH be itching to remove such patches from the kernel? If
they made it in, in the first place.

GPL is a necessary, but not sufficient condition for code to be merged
into the kernel. AFAIK the kernel community has the absolute
discretion to refuse any GPLed code for any reason.

IANAL.