From: "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com>
To: "Manu Abraham" <manu@kromtek.com>
Cc: "Linux Kernel" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: BK kernel workflow
Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2004 09:41:42 -0700
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> What someone does in the privacy of his home is outside the scope of the
> GPL, this means the kernel repository is the private toy of Linus and he
> leaves the decision who may play with him to Larry.

	This position is conditioned on two facts, either:

	1) Linus does not distribute his BK tree, or

	2) Linus' BK tree is not a derivative work of the Linux kernel

	If both of these are false, then the tree must be covered by the GPL. I
think 2 is clearly false.

	DS


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