On Wed, 2003-12-03 at 22:31, Kendall Bennett wrote:
> Hi All,
> 
> I have heard many people reference the fact that the although the Linux 
> Kernel is under the GNU GPL license, that the code is licensed with an 
> exception clause that says binary loadable modules do not have to be 
> under the GPL. 

there is no such exception, for example see:

http://www.kernelnewbies.org/kernels/rh9/SOURCES/COPYING.modules