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Date: Tue, 05 Apr 2005 11:37:24 -0300
From: Humberto Massa <humberto.massa@almg.gov.br>
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Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear
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Jeff Garzik wrote:

>We do not add comments to the kernel source code which simply state the 
>obvious.
>
>	Jeff
>  
>
Whoa, kind of harsh, isn't it? I'm just trying to help.

Anyway, the problem at hand is: people do *not* think there is anything 
obvious.

For instance: many, many people do not consider binary hexdumps in .c/.h 
files as source code; if you think so, you should state it in writing, 
you know, to avoid lawyer attacks.

Another example: if you think it's obvious that the binary hexdump is 
another work, aggregated to the GPL'd .c/.h file, then you should state 
(again, in writing) which are the licensing terms of said work... 
otherwise, no-one has a written license to redistribute it, leading 
to... lawyer attacks.


HTH,

Massa

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