Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752245AbXFNLQY (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:16:24 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751327AbXFNLQQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:16:16 -0400 Received: from [81.2.110.250] ([81.2.110.250]:40909 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-FAIL-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751302AbXFNLQP (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:16:15 -0400 Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 12:20:31 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: Ingo Molnar Cc: Daniel Hazelton , Alexandre Oliva , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070614122031.4751a52b@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: <20070614103846.GA7902@elte.hu> References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706132121.04532.dhazelton@enter.net> <200706132304.21984.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614112329.3645c397@the-village.bc.nu> <20070614103846.GA7902@elte.hu> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.9.1 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 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: 1164 Lines: 25 > that's fine, but the fundamental question is: where is the moral > boundary of the power that the copyright license gives? The FSF seems to Assuming a democratic state then the laws of the land ought to reflect the 'general will' (if you believe Rousseau anyway). They should thus define the boundary ['derivative work' generally ] according to the general good and with the consent of the people. > hardware that is associated with our software, so what? If a > jurisdiction allows the controlling of various aspects of movie theaters > that happen to play copyrighted movies, does it make it morally right? Does that question not suppose some positivist absolute morality ? I suspect many would argue that it is moral to do so if the end goal of the controls is moral. You might also want to apply the tests in Fuller's Internal Morality of Law ? I'm not sure Philosophy is on topic for l/k however 8) Alan - 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/