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kernel taint is obviously a DRM scheme, that's not a secret. GPL isn't a permissive license, it's a strong copyleft license that has teeth. there's nothing hypo
by sterlind 3y ago
kernel taint is obviously a DRM scheme, that's not a secret. GPL isn't a permissive license, it's a strong copyleft license that has teeth. there's nothing hypocritical about the taint mechanism - it's open-source, and as long as your code is GPL you can do anything you like. it literally just enforces the linking provision of the GPL license.
- Dylan16807 3y ago> it literally just enforces the linking provision of the GPL license. Which provision are you referring to? The word "link" is only in one spot in GPL 2.0 and isn't talking about this situation. But assuming you mean it's just enforcing the text about derived works, that would only be true if the GPL exports were consistently linux-specific enough that using them makes your code a derived work. Which they blatantly aren't.