Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262404AbTIOARy (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:17:54 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262405AbTIOARx (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:17:53 -0400 Received: from mail.hometree.net ([212.34.184.41]:65429 "EHLO mail.hometree.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262404AbTIOARi (ORCPT ); Sun, 14 Sep 2003 20:17:38 -0400 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Path: not-for-mail From: "Henning P. Schmiedehausen" Newsgroups: hometree.linux.kernel Subject: Re: freed_symbols [Re: People, not GPL [was: Re: Driver Model]] Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:17:37 +0000 (UTC) Organization: INTERMETA - Gesellschaft fuer Mehrwertdienste mbH Message-ID: References: <20030914064144.GA20689@codepoet.org> <20030914080810.GA22137@codepoet.org> Reply-To: hps@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Host: forge.intermeta.de X-Trace: tangens.hometree.net 1063585057 16318 212.34.184.4 (15 Sep 2003 00:17:37 GMT) X-Complaints-To: news@intermeta.de NNTP-Posting-Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2003 00:17:37 +0000 (UTC) X-Copyright: (C) 1996-2003 Henning Schmiedehausen X-No-Archive: yes User-Agent: nn/6.6.5 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1105 Lines: 23 Erik Andersen writes: >When you are done making noise, please explain how a closed >source binary only product that runs within the context of the >Linux kernel is not a derivitive work and therefore not subject >to the terms of the GPL, per the definition given in the kernel >COPYING file that grants you your limited rights for copying, >distribution and modification. "Because Linus said so". Regards Henning -- Dipl.-Inf. (Univ.) Henning P. Schmiedehausen INTERMETA GmbH hps@intermeta.de +49 9131 50 654 0 http://www.intermeta.de/ Java, perl, Solaris, Linux, xSP Consulting, Web Services freelance consultant -- Jakarta Turbine Development -- hero for hire "Dominate!! Dominate!! Eat your young and aggregate! I have grotty silicon!" -- AOL CD when played backwards (User Friendly - 200-10-15) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/