Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751495AbWHSPpQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:45:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751756AbWHSPpQ (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:45:16 -0400 Received: from static-ip-62-75-166-246.inaddr.intergenia.de ([62.75.166.246]:52364 "EHLO bu3sch.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751495AbWHSPpO (ORCPT ); Sat, 19 Aug 2006 11:45:14 -0400 From: Michael Buesch To: Helge Hafting Subject: Re: GPL Violation? Date: Sat, 19 Aug 2006 17:44:45 +0200 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <1155919950.30279.8.camel@localhost.localdomain> <20060819113052.GC3190@aitel.hist.no> In-Reply-To: <20060819113052.GC3190@aitel.hist.no> Cc: David Schwartz , alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200608191744.45734.mb@bu3sch.de> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 725 Lines: 17 On Saturday 19 August 2006 13:30, Helge Hafting wrote: > 2. Anybody who received this module may now invoke the GPL > (and the force of law, if necessary) to extract the > module source code from the maker. And then this source > can be freely redistributed to all interested. Not "Anybody" but only the Copyright Holder of the GPL code can do that. That's exactly why the FSF requires to transfer the copyright to FSF before code contribution. -- Greetings Michael. - 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/