Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750994AbWI2VE1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:04:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751431AbWI2VE1 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:04:27 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:27080 "EHLO lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750994AbWI2VE0 (ORCPT ); Fri, 29 Sep 2006 17:04:26 -0400 Subject: Re: GPLv3 Position Statement From: Alan Cox To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Helge Hafting , tglx@linutronix.de, Neil Brown , Michiel de Boer , James Bottomley , linux-kernel In-Reply-To: References: <1158941750.3445.31.camel@mulgrave.il.steeleye.com> <451798FA.8000004@rebelhomicide.demon.nl> <17687.46268.156413.352299@cse.unsw.edu.au> <1159183895.11049.56.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1159200620.9326.447.camel@localhost.localdomain> <451CF22D.4030405@aitel.hist.no> <1159552021.13029.58.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1159554375.13029.67.camel@localhost.localdomain> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 29 Sep 2006 22:29:00 +0100 Message-Id: <1159565340.13029.78.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.6.2 (2.6.2-1.fc5.5) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 843 Lines: 19 Ar Gwe, 2006-09-29 am 11:40 -0700, ysgrifennodd Linus Torvalds: > For example, when I say that I think it would be totally insane to think > that a 128-bit hash of a binary is a "derived work", I would hope not, although thats the silly half of what some of the RIAA versus bittorrent sites is alleging. > be a _horrible_ world. And I don't think it makes sense. But sadly, until > I'm elected(*) life-time President and King of the World, what I think > doesn't actually change anything. Emperor of the World is a self electing position, the post is open after Emperor Norton passed on 8) - 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/