Re: Annoying GPL issues

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
21 May 1999 19:33:56 -0700


In article <linux.kernel.19990519192529.4584.qmail@nw128.netaddress.usa.net>,
<gaston.l.@usa.net> wrote:
>
>What do you think about this ? I think it is dangerous to let some companies
>such as M-Systems or IGEL infringing the GPL.

From your description, I don't know whether IGEL is infringing on the
GPL unless they're not distributing binaries. It's M-Systems which
seems to be playing football with the kernel license (and why? If it's
important to preserve their precious bodily fluids, why not write a
little bootstrap loader and use initrds to load up a linux kernel that
can then insmod the binary module.)

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