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Date: Wed, 3 Apr 2002 19:24:07 -0300 (BRT)
From: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...
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On Wed, 3 Apr 2002, Richard B. Johnson wrote:

> Well, you can't have it both ways. If you want the world to use
> Linux, then the companies that spend their money making programs
> and drivers that work with Linux are going to have to be able
> to keep their own hard-earned code from their competitors, or the
> companies that hire the Engineers that write the code will soon
> be out-of-business, their work having been stolen by others.

That's the perfect argument for making some symbols GPL-only,
after all Redhat, SuSE, Conectiva, etc. wouldn't want to have
vmware and Veritas use their work without giving anything back ...

regards,

Rik
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