Re: [OFFTOPIC] Potential GPL violation of Linux kernel by MOSIX?

david parsons (o.r.c@p.e.l.l.p.o.r.t.l.a.n.d.o.r.u.s)
27 Feb 1999 11:48:25 -0800

In article <linux.kernel.Pine.LNX.4.04.9902270903070.6478-100000@fury.localdomain>,
Y2K <y2k@y2ker.com> wrote:
>http://slashdot.org/articles/99/02/27/076204.shtml has a discussion of
>how maybe the project at http://www.cs.huji.ac.il/mosix/ violates the GPL
>license of the kernel. They are distributing a binary-only kernel module
>that requires kernel modifications.

As far as I know, there aren't any lawyers here, so nobody can say.
I'd guess it's perfectly legal, because of the prior binary-modules
waiver that Linus made.

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