Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754671AbWLRWnA (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:43:00 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754693AbWLRWnA (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:43:00 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.175]:19775 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754671AbWLRWm7 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:42:59 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=QoFjppQWWmE5wg3WejECzh+g1Mbh0/a2e5Ds/oqGD8fvMmDhslxtzfyAm+5A/q4QVcWwv/gwg50wJabwNyfFhQTMGnUmuEtDoe51mfO6tIWV1vKSqzEGmrhlwZBqcf9rv1C7iy0Dj4dWX+DwKvl5i0pwipB+ZMohzVrGhQns/Lw= Message-ID: <7b69d1470612181442v1da0841bi1eaff7a71a523d39@mail.gmail.com> Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 16:42:57 -0600 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Linus Torvalds" Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Cc: karderio , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1166226982.12721.78.camel@localhost> <1166236356.12721.142.camel@localhost> <1166475847.20449.208.camel@localhost> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 892 Lines: 24 On 12/18/06, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > In other words, it means that we are pushing a agenda that is no longer > neither a technical issue (it's clearly technically _worse_ to not be able > to do something) _nor_ a legal issue. > > So tell me, what does the proposed blocking actually do? > > It's "big prother, FSF style". And I say NO THANK YOU. > > Linus --- Well, you can't really say it's "FSF-style", since the GPLv3 language explicitly gives permission to circumvent any protection measures implemented by a GPLv3 program. Even the FSF doesn't support using the DMCA to support GPL restrictions. scott - 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/