Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751085AbVLGO0F (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:26:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751086AbVLGO0F (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:26:05 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:32391 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751085AbVLGO0E (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:26:04 -0500 Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2005 09:25:47 -0500 (EST) From: Rik van Riel X-X-Sender: riel@cuia.boston.redhat.com To: Michael Poole cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario In-Reply-To: <87iru2c0zc.fsf@graviton.dyn.troilus.org> Message-ID: 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> <87iru2c0zc.fsf@graviton.dyn.troilus.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 627 Lines: 16 On Mon, 5 Dec 2005, Michael Poole wrote: > Most likely people bring up the "derivative works" issue because > that's what the GPL says it affects. The FSF contends that linking > creates a derivative work, but is curiously quiet when people ask for > statutory or case law to support that claim. For statically linked programs this is quite easy to find. -- All Rights Reversed - 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/