Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261246AbVDKBe6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:34:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261306AbVDKBe6 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:34:58 -0400 Received: from c-65-96-98-23.hsd1.ma.comcast.net ([65.96.98.23]:42896 "EHLO h0040333b7dc3.ne.mediaone.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261246AbVDKBe4 (ORCPT ); Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:34:56 -0400 Date: Sun, 10 Apr 2005 21:34:49 -0400 From: Glenn Maynard To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: non-free firmware in kernel modules, aggregation and unclear copyright notice. Message-ID: <20050411013448.GE18141@zewt.org> Mail-Followup-To: debian-legal@lists.debian.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <20050410042012.GC18141@zewt.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: Mail-Copies-To: nobody X-No-CC: Branden subscribes to this list; do not CC him on replies. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.6+20040907i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1246 Lines: 24 On Sun, Apr 10, 2005 at 01:18:11PM -0700, David Schwartz wrote: > Well that's the problem. While copyright law does permit you to restrict > the right to create derivative works, it doesn't permit you to restrict the > distribution of lawfully created derivative works to licensees of the > original work. As far as I know, no law has ever granted this right to > copyright holders and no court has ever recognized this right. And I've > looked. Courts have specifically recognized the absence of this right. The GPL is very clear in its implementation: it grants wider permission to create derivative works than to distribute them, implementing its "virality" in terms of restrictions on distribution, not creation. So, it seems that you're claiming that the GPL is broken or unenforcable in some aspects. (If you're not, I'd like to know where I'm confused.) If that's the case, it's a claim I'm not qualified to debate, but would be interested in hearing the FSF's response. -- Glenn Maynard - 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/