Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932624AbVLFUxW (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:53:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932632AbVLFUxW (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:53:22 -0500 Received: from thunk.org ([69.25.196.29]:50341 "EHLO thunker.thunk.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932624AbVLFUxV (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:53:21 -0500 Date: Tue, 6 Dec 2005 15:53:06 -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: <20051206205306.GA23408@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: <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> <20051206193801.GC19905@thunk.org> <1133900307.23610.70.camel@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <1133900307.23610.70.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: 1133 Lines: 25 On Tue, Dec 06, 2005 at 08:18:27PM +0000, Alan Cox wrote: > On Maw, 2005-12-06 at 14:38 -0500, Theodore Ts'o wrote: > > 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.... > > In many countries moving the data from hard disk to memory is copying, > ditto to cache, and that is established caselaw. Ah, but the GPL hangs its requirements off of "distribution", not copying per se. Also note the following statement from the GPL: "The act of running the Program is not restricted" But this is not legal advice, and I am not a lawyer; anyone who is wants to figure out what they can or can't do shouldn't be talking to either Alan or me; they should be talking to a real, live lawyer. - 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/