Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932477AbWCNVnF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:43:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932496AbWCNVnF (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:43:05 -0500 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:18151 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932477AbWCNVnE (ORCPT ); Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:43:04 -0500 Message-Id: <200603142142.k2ELgcZI012828@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.1-RC3 To: Arjan van de Ven Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: [future of drivers?] a proposal for binary drivers. In-Reply-To: Your message of "Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:20:41 +0100." <1142238041.3023.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <1142238041.3023.11.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1142372558_9726P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 16:42:38 -0500 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1424 Lines: 40 --==_Exmh_1142372558_9726P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 09:20:41 +0100, Arjan van de Ven said: > > 5) There is no right under copyright for authors of original works to limit > > the distribution of lawfully-created derivative works to those with the > > right to use the original work. > > this is not correct. Copyright law *DOES* give copyright owners the > right to control derived works. He quite clearly said "*lawfully-created* derivative works". http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode17/usc_sec_17_00000106----000-.html quite clearly says that the right to *produce* a derivative work can be controlled by the copyright holder (17 USC 106(2)) but nothing in 17 USC 106 says that the copyright holder can control the distribution of an *already-authorized* derivative work. IANAL and all that.... --==_Exmh_1142372558_9726P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFEFzjOcC3lWbTT17ARArJFAKCU8GEK/OPcwN4Oie1fjc3h5bBn0QCgx+P6 oGU75yT4fxl6s2+rcBl/0Ug= =+fzO -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1142372558_9726P-- - 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/