Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932819AbXBQT3r (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:29:47 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932824AbXBQT3r (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:29:47 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:47641 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932819AbXBQT3q (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 14:29:46 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=bRvNCJg/ks/XsWCYwxrzBxDA34eLXWgxCZ2bgopkYwVsiQXw6/k0CObNEfvcELIh2/5NNruLPKzr+Az9D0ookZ8NfbI8hfn+JoH9sDLuN2DkKBk5lOjHxDl13D2+h0KbWUZdOKGNccvnHUQchZda+lkyXAooTx3Y02F+kVBK7WQ= Message-ID: <7b69d1470702171129x36c4352cyc5b3a4b217729bf5@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 17 Feb 2007 13:29:40 -0600 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Alexandre Oliva" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "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: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 614 Lines: 16 On 2/17/07, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > Per this principle, it would seem that only source code and > hand-crafted object code would be governed by copyright, since > compilation is also an automated process. --- Well, compilation is probably equivalent to "translation", which is specifically included in the Act as forming a derivative work. 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/