These are linux-specific kernel modules, I doubt that they're going to be usable in debian/hurd or debian/bsd...
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Raul Miller wrote: > On Thu, Oct 19, 2000 at 02:48:08PM -0600, Barak Pearlmutter wrote: > > My reading of this is that the RTlinux code cannot be integrated into > > some other GPLed OS, eg the Hurd, without incurring patent license > > fees. To my mind this should be enough to consign it to non-free. > > This is a good point. [And one I overlooked.] > > > It might be that the holders of the patent would permit its free use > > in GPL-compatibly-licensed OSes other than Linux. Perhaps someone > > should ask them. > > Absolutely. I think we should ask them to allow the RTLinux code to be > used with any GPLed OS. > > I think this wierd phrasing is because of the binary module exception > that is associated with Linux. I think the right way of dealing with > that is to allow for any GPLed OS plus GPLed Linux with its binary > modules exception. > > -- Customer: "I'm running Windows '98" Tech: "Yes." Customer: "My computer isn't working now." Tech: "Yes, you said that." Who is John Galt? [EMAIL PROTECTED], that's who!
