Subject: Re: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...
To: davids@webmaster.com (David Schwartz)
Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 20:27:18 +0100 (BST)
Cc: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk (Alan Cox),
        tigran@aivazian.fsnet.co.uk (Tigran Aivazian),
        linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
In-Reply-To: <NOEJJDACGOHCKNCOGFOMIEFBEAAA.davids@webmaster.com> from "David Schwartz" at Apr 05, 2002 10:46:39 AM
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From: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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> 	The GPL permits you to modify and use GPL'd code however you wish provided
> you don't distribute it. The GPL permits you to modify, use, and distribute
> GPL'd code however you like provided you make the source available.

(subject to the other conditions it lays down)

In the US I believe so. In the UK at least loading the code into memory has
been ruled an act of copying by a court. 

> > No you just aren't thinking about the larger picture
> 
> 	You are not thinking in principles. A GPL'd package with a digital rights
> management scheme you are prohibited from modifying is an abomination to the
> principles the GPL was supposed to stand for. This is not free as in
> freedom.

If you are prohibited from modifying the code then the code violates the GPL
so isnt GPL so isnt distributable as GPL. 
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