I can understand that . . . . 

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> 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
> 
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