Re: [Hampshire] No more non-GPL Linux kernel modules?

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Author: Jamie Webb
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To: hampshire
Subject: Re: [Hampshire] No more non-GPL Linux kernel modules?
On Fri, Dec 15, 2006 at 11:22:22AM +0000, John Hunt wrote:
> Can't we just have two different kernels, a GPL one and a non GPL one?
> Surely that makes sense.


Which non-GPL one would you like? Darwin? OpenSolaris? WinNT :-)?

Seriously, the whole point of the GPL is that once software is GPLed
it stays that way. Linux can never be 'un-GPLed'.

/J