Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932495AbXBST2P (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:28:15 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932505AbXBST2P (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:28:15 -0500 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:57326 "EHLO localhost.localdomain" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932495AbXBST2P (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 14:28:15 -0500 Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 20:31:49 +0000 From: Alan To: "Michael K. Edwards" Cc: "Scott Preece" , "Alexandre Oliva" , davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Message-ID: <20070219203149.27c3b696@localhost.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <7b69d1470702171129x36c4352cyc5b3a4b217729bf5@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.7.2 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 610 Lines: 13 > jurisdiction. Copyright infringement is a statutory tort, and the > only limits to contracting away the right to sue for this tort are > those provided in the copyright statute itself. A contract not to sue > for tort is called a "license".) I'd insert large quantities of "In the USA" in the above and probably some "not what I've heard from a lawyer" cases. - 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/