Re: Must modules be GPL'ed? (fwd)
Alan Cox (alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk)
Tue, 23 Apr 1996 22:24:28 +0100 (BST)
> It is certainly against the sprit of Linux to not have source to everything.
> However, I think most linux developers, given the choice of having
> an AFS module w/o source or not having an AFS module at all, would choose
> to have the AFS module w/o source. I suspect that many people would
> make the opposite choice, but I am only speaking about the attitudes
> that I have observed on this mailing list.
I'd rather have nothing than binary only, but its up to the people who want
to risk being trapped.
Linus has previous said things about the module interface and binary only
modules. They seem pretty clear. You probably ought to dig them out.
Alan