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To: Svein Ove Aas <svein.ove@aas.no>
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From: Doug McNaught <doug@mcnaught.org>
Date: 28 Jun 2003 11:18:34 -0400
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Svein Ove Aas <svein.ove@aas.no> writes:

> lørdag 28. juni 2003, 17:05, skrev Doug McNaught:
> > AIUI, they need to supply full source, not just a patch against code
> > you get from someone else.
> 
> Now that's just silly.

But legally required by the GPL.

> The kernel is *how* many megabytes?
> And it's very easily available. You may be right, but if you are it's for very 
> legalistic reasons that don't matter in real life.

You're right that it's not likely to be a problem in this case. 

-Doug