Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030205AbVLFT2v (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:28:51 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030206AbVLFT2v (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:28:51 -0500 Received: from clock-tower.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:60891 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030205AbVLFT2v (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:28:51 -0500 Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Alan Cox To: "Theodore Ts'o" Cc: Greg KH , Tim Bird , David Woodhouse , arjan@infradead.org, andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20051206181919.GA19905@thunk.org> References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <200512051826.06703.andrew@walrond.org> <1133817575.11280.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1133817888.9356.78.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1133819684.11280.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4394D396.1020102@am.sony.com> <20051206041215.GC26602@kroah.com> <20051206181919.GA19905@thunk.org> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 19:27:42 +0000 Message-Id: <1133897262.23610.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.2.3 (2.2.3-2.fc4) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 589 Lines: 15 On Maw, 2005-12-06 at 13:19 -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > The question of whether or not something which *could* be linked into > the kernel is a derived work is a very different question Its also a question that falls into the area of conspiracy to commit an offence in some legal domains rather than being about 'interface copyright'. Alan - 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/