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Re: Building a module without GPL license?



Randolph S. Kahle writes:
> What does this mean?

That your VMware modules have unresolved symbols, and that those modules
are not GPL.

> What if VMware's modules are not GPL licensed.

It's perfectly ok for companies such as VMware to distribute closed-source
kernel modules, but they must support them themselves.  The kernel
developers will not help debug kernels that contain proprietary modules
since they don't have access to the module source.

> Is that now a problem with Woody?

It's a kernel matter, not a Debian matter, and it's an informational
message, not a problem.  The kernel developers added this license-detecting
feature in hopes of wasting less of their time.
-- 
John Hasler
john@dhh.gt.org (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI


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