I can understand that . . . . > -----Original Message----- > From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On > Behalf Of Mark Post > Sent: Tuesday, May 01, 2007 1:54 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Linux on z and VTS == compatible at all? > > >>> On Tue, May 1, 2007 at 2:45 PM, in message > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > , "Little, Chris" > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Wouldn't it be possible to have a public interface and private > > non-kernel version/distribution specific code? I'm certainly not a > > kernel hacker, so I p'raps I'm talking out my back-end here. > > It's technically possible, but politically a bad thing. The > kernel developers call them "binary blobs" and there is > continuous argument over whether they're legal under the GPL or not. > > > Mark Post > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access > instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the > message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit > http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 >
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