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- From: Alessandro Rubini <rubini@gnu.org>
- To: phm@a2e.de, patents@aful.org
- Subject: Re: [Patents] Re: Patented NSA-Linux
- Date: Sat, 22 Jun 2002 14:05:37 +0200
- Organization: Free Lance in Pavia, Italy.
> They can also create a free kernel patch that creates a perfectly
> stable interface to the external patented calculation rule. In that case,
> they could effectively make use of Linux while at the same time preventing
> a free development of Linux-based systems.
But kernel deveopers considere such a "gpl hook for proprietary stuff"
patch a circumvention device. So besides not accepting it in mainstream
kernel, it's also considered copyright violation when done by a
distributor (but not when done by the user).
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