Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932665AbWLTAGf (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:06:35 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932668AbWLTAGe (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:06:34 -0500 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:60498 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932665AbWLTAGe (ORCPT ); Tue, 19 Dec 2006 19:06:34 -0500 To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: "Linux-Kernel\@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: GPL only modules References: From: Alexandre Oliva Organization: Red Hat OS Tools Group Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:06:27 -0200 In-Reply-To: (David Schwartz's message of "Mon\, 18 Dec 2006 13\:23\:59 -0800") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.90 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 833 Lines: 19 On Dec 18, 2006, "David Schwartz" wrote: > No automated, mechanical process can create a derivative work of software. > (With a few exceptions not relevant here.) Can you explain what mechanisms are involved in copyright monopolies over object code, then? (there's a hint at http://www.fsfla.org/?q=en/node/128#1 ) -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - 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/