Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1030206AbVLFTiW (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:38:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1030209AbVLFTiV (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:38:21 -0500 Received: from thunk.org ([69.25.196.29]:13988 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1030206AbVLFTiU (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:38:20 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 14:38:04 -0500 From: "Theodore Ts'o" To: Alan Cox Cc: Greg KH , Tim Bird , David Woodhouse , arjan@infradead.org, andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario Message-ID: <20051206193801.GC19905@thunk.org> Mail-Followup-To: Theodore Ts'o , Alan Cox , Greg KH , Tim Bird , David Woodhouse , arjan@infradead.org, andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.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> <1133897262.23610.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1133897262.23610.36.camel@localhost.localdomain> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.11 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 895 Lines: 20 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 07:27:42PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > 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'. Conspiracy to commit what offence? There's nothing wrong with linking GPL'ed code with propietary code, in the privacy of your own home (or server). The offence only happens when you distribute the resulting derived work.... - Ted - 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/