linux-kernel - Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space

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Date:	Sun, 25 May 2008 21:51:49 +0930
From:	David Newall <davidn@...idnewall.com>
To:	devzero@....de
CC:	Shuduo Sang <sangshuduo@...il.com>, bosko.radivojevic@...il.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Inserting code from userspace to kernel space

devzero@....de wrote:
> this can be illegal, too.
>
> http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl-faq.html#ModifiedJustBinary
>   

I think what he's trying to achieve is an unmodified or modified but
fully GPL kernel plus a separate, proprietary binary to be loaded at
runtime.
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