Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:31:53 +0200 (CEST)
From: Grzegorz Kulewski <kangur@polcom.net>
To: Alan Cox <alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk>
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       Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
       Anonymous User <anonymouslinuxuser@gmail.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL Violation?
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On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Alan Cox wrote:
> Ar Iau, 2006-08-17 am 14:39 +0200, ysgrifennodd Grzegorz Kulewski:
>> Why does Linus and others let lawyers and courts decide in such
>> (important?) thing like what is allowed in Linux (or with Linux) and what
>> is not?
>
> Because licenses are bounded and defined by the law. In the case of
> copyright based rights they extend only to the thing that is copyrighted
> and any derivatives so the grey area is not one the GPL could clarify
> further.

Ok, that could be a reason. But then at least make such strong comment as 
proposed later in my post and put it where people will be searching for it 
- in COPYING file. Even if it will not be legally enforceable, it will 
show the intentions of main authors and will anwser many people
questions.


Grzegorz Kulewski

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