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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2002 21:01:32 -0800 (PST)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: archaios <quack@bigpond.net.au>
cc: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
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What pile if CRACK are you smoking?

Just because I assign parts of my IP portfolio to GPL does not give
anything to FSF and they have no rights or assignment.  When did the
kernel become assigned to FSF?

Getting warmer,

Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, archaios wrote:

> When you GPL a piece of software, you sign over your rights to the FSF. Therefore, there is very little that can be done about this;
> from a legal perspective, the FSF _itself_ determines what is and what isn't construed as a derived work.
> 
> - David McIlwraith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>
> To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
> 
> 
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:59:26AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > You can copyright songs, but not individual musical notes.
> >
> > Likewise, snippets of code aren't copyrightable if they're below
> > a certain "triviality size".
> 
> I don't pretend to be current on all the issues involved, but I've
> always been under the impression that Linus has insisted that
> binary-only drivers aren't derived works, with respect to the GPL.
> 
> If someone is worried they are, make all future headers state it
> explicitly:
> 
> "Including this header in a Linux kernel module shall not be construed
> to constitute a derived work."
> 
> --
> Ross Vandegrift
> ross@willow.seitz.com
> 
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