Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261406AbUJ3XhD (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:37:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261415AbUJ3XhD (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:37:03 -0400 Received: from ipcop.bitmover.com ([192.132.92.15]:15043 "EHLO work.bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261406AbUJ3Xg5 (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 19:36:57 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 16:35:32 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: Scott Lockwood Cc: Kyle Moffett , James Bruce , Linux Kernel , Ram?n Rey Vicente , Xavier Bestel , Linus Torvalds , Larry McVoy , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041030233532.GA24640@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: Larry McVoy , Scott Lockwood , Kyle Moffett , James Bruce , Linux Kernel , Ram?n Rey Vicente , Xavier Bestel , Linus Torvalds , Larry McVoy , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli References: <1098972379.3109.24.camel@gonzales> <20041028151004.GA3934@work.bitmover.com> <41827B89.4070809@hispalinux.es> <20041029173642.GA5318@work.bitmover.com> <41828707.3050803@hispalinux.es> <57875.65.208.227.246.1099074830.squirrel@www.lrsehosting.com> <4182923D.5040500@hispalinux.es> <40231.65.208.227.246.1099077274.squirrel@www.lrsehosting.com> <2540F67A-2A31-11D9-857E-000393ACC76E@mac.com> <31064.65.208.227.246.1099168970.squirrel@www.lrsehosting.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <31064.65.208.227.246.1099168970.squirrel@www.lrsehosting.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1113 Lines: 25 Indeed. Kyle's comments were clearly without basis in fact. Saying that you aren't bound by the terms of the license because you didn't download the code, your co-worker did, is no different than saying "hey, look at this! A copy of the Linux kernel! Now how did that get here? Well, I didn't put it here so I think I'll ignore the terms of the GPL." Best of luck on that logic. > > To my knowledge, there has not been a single significant instance of > > a EULA made _after_ the point-of-sale being found binding by a court > > of law. There _have_ been many cases where Copyright law forbids > > some action of a user also forbidden in an EULA, but in no other case > > have they been upheld. > > Now read: > > http://www.freedom-to-tinker.com/doc/2004/bnetd_30sep.pdf -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitkeeper.com - 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/