> I realize that this package is GPLed, and I do not intend to put GPLed
> code in the kernel.  I will clone the decompression engine and provide
> a non-GPLed version.
> 
> Does anyone have (useful, constructive) comments on this before I do
> it?
> 

Yes - you break the copyright!

If (and I'm not sure you can) escape the GPL license by recoding,
you cannot escape the copyright (on the algorythm) that way.

	David

-- 
David Laight: david@l8s.co.uk