Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751166AbVLGP5Q (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:57:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751170AbVLGP5P (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:57:15 -0500 Received: from sanosuke.troilus.org ([66.92.173.88]:25260 "EHLO sanosuke.troilus.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751166AbVLGP5B (ORCPT ); Wed, 7 Dec 2005 10:57:01 -0500 To: Rik van Riel Cc: Greg KH , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario 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> From: Michael Poole Date: 07 Dec 2005 10:56:59 -0500 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <87iru0529g.fsf@graviton.dyn.troilus.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.09 (Gnus v5.9.0) Emacs/21.4 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: 723 Lines: 14 Rik van Riel writes: > 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. Then please actually do this (rather than just waving your hands). Michael Poole - 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/