Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752706AbXFNEB0 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:01:26 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750840AbXFNEBS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:01:18 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:39270 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750786AbXFNEBR (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:01:17 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Adrian Bunk Cc: Daniel Hazelton , Alexandre Oliva , Linus Torvalds , Alan Cox , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:56:40 +0200." <20070614025640.GQ3588@stusta.de> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706132140.13490.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614020827.GO3588@stusta.de> <200706132243.14651.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614025640.GQ3588@stusta.de> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1181793617_3457P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 00:00:17 -0400 Message-ID: <9578.1181793617@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1765 Lines: 47 --==_Exmh_1181793617_3457P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 04:56:40 +0200, Adrian Bunk said: > Reality check: > > Harald convinced companies that they have to provide the private keys > required to run the Linux kernel they ship on their hardware. No, the *real* reality check: The operative words here are "convinced companies" - as opposed to "convinced a judge to rule that private keys are required to be disclosed". (I just checked around on gpl-violations.org, and I don't see any news items that say they actually generated citable case law on the topic of keys...) Harald convinced companies that it was easier/cheaper/faster to provide the private keys than to continue in a long legal battle with an uncertain outcome. If the company estimates the total loss due to keys being released is US$100K, but the costs of taking it to court are estimated at US$200K, it's obviously a win (lesser loss, actually) for the company to just fold. Incidentally, this same logic is what drives the average successful patent troll lawsuit - the sued company will buy a license for $25K, just because they know that fighting the lawsuit will cost $100K and up. --==_Exmh_1181793617_3457P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFGcL1RcC3lWbTT17ARAiMwAJ9q7DLCKUbYDlxTcX2sRSUTJavRmQCfXWBV 1RMmQSscZL03PY9NYz7FkBU= =JrCl -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1181793617_3457P-- - 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/