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SubjectRe: [PATCH 2.5.5] do export vmalloc_to_page to modules...
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> 	The GPL permits you to modify and use GPL'd code however you wish provided
> you don't distribute it. The GPL permits you to modify, use, and distribute
> GPL'd code however you like provided you make the source available.

(subject to the other conditions it lays down)

In the US I believe so. In the UK at least loading the code into memory has
been ruled an act of copying by a court.

> > No you just aren't thinking about the larger picture
>
> You are not thinking in principles. A GPL'd package with a digital rights
> management scheme you are prohibited from modifying is an abomination to the
> principles the GPL was supposed to stand for. This is not free as in
> freedom.

If you are prohibited from modifying the code then the code violates the GPL
so isnt GPL so isnt distributable as GPL.
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