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Re: GDB plugin proposal
- From: Daniel Berlin <dberlin at dberlin dot org>
- To: Scott Moser <ssmoser at us dot ibm dot com>
- Cc: Fernando Nasser <fnasser at redhat dot com>, <gdb at sources dot redhat dot com>
- Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 14:28:00 -0400 (EDT)
- Subject: Re: GDB plugin proposal
>
> My feeling is that this is really comparable to the linux kernel. I
> was under the impression that RMS had made comments that the binary only
> kernel modules wouldn't be legal, except that Linus explicitly allowed
> them.
RMS's viewpoint isn't legally relevant. He may be right. He may be wrong.
He claims he's right, but that doesn't make it so.
He'd *like* to be right, but that also doesn't make it so.
Certainly, anything related to law that RMS spouts should be taken with a
*large* grain of salt.
> (I'm sure there are lawyers that get good laughs out of
> discussions like this, similar to me laughing at IP lawyers attempts to
> understand coding )
Watch out, some of us soon-to-be IP lawyers are coders as well.
Muhahahahah
--Dan