Re: ltmodem (was: Variable in Depends: ??)
On Sunday 25 February 2001 18:23, David Schleef wrote:
> On Sun, Feb 25, 2001 at 06:03:25PM +0100, Russell Coker wrote:
> > The ltmodem package copies files from the main Linux source tree, patches
> > them, and compiles them with it's own source and links with the
> > proprietary .o file. Calling gcc with the same arguements is probably
> > more pain than anyone would want.
>
> The way you worded this strongly suggests GPL violation. I hope
> that is not the case; could you clarify?
Binary-only modules are allowed to be linked into the kernel (Linus).
Linking a binary-only .o file with GPL source to form a non-free kernel
module is OK by my interpretation of the GPL. But IANAL.
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