Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263620AbUJ3Gvr (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:51:47 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263621AbUJ3Gvr (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:51:47 -0400 Received: from mailout.stusta.mhn.de ([141.84.69.5]:13572 "HELO mailout.stusta.mhn.de") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S263620AbUJ3Gvo (ORCPT ); Sat, 30 Oct 2004 02:51:44 -0400 Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 08:51:11 +0200 From: Adrian Bunk To: Larry McVoy , Xavier Bestel , Larry McVoy , James Bruce , Linus Torvalds , Roman Zippel , Andrea Arcangeli , Linux Kernel Subject: Re: BK kernel workflow Message-ID: <20041030065111.GF4374@stusta.de> References: <4180B9E9.3070801@andrew.cmu.edu> <20041028135348.GA18099@work.bitmover.com> <1098972379.3109.24.camel@gonzales> <20041028151004.GA3934@work.bitmover.com> <20041028195947.GD3207@stusta.de> <20041028213534.GA29335@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20041028213534.GA29335@work.bitmover.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, Oct 28, 2004 at 02:35:34PM -0700, Larry McVoy wrote: > > Note that German copyright lay doesn't differentiate whether you paid > > or not - it only requires that you allowed to use the program. > > Sure, but you aren't allowed to use it if you are going to do this. > That's pretty unambiguous as well and we think we can make it stick, > or at least that's what the lawyers have told me. >... The German copyright law says the licence clauses are invalid - not the licence itself. I'm not sure how a lawyer would circumvent the law... > Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitkeeper.com cu Adrian -- "Is there not promise of rain?" Ling Tan asked suddenly out of the darkness. There had been need of rain for many days. "Only a promise," Lao Er said. Pearl S. Buck - Dragon Seed - 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/