RE: [RFC/PATCH 1/2] in-kernel sockets API




Chase Venters wrote:

can you name some non-GPL non-proprietary modules we should be concerned
about?

You probably meant "non-GPL-compatible non-proprietary". If so, then by
definition there are none.

Regards,

Daniel

Are you saying that there do not exist any non-proprietary licenses that
are incompatible with the GPL? That's obviously not true. Consider, for
example, a license that was basically the BSD license with an additional
prohibition against licensing with new restrictions. Consider the original
BSD license with advertising clause. Consider a license that requires the
source to always travel with the binary.

DS


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