Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751922AbXFNLxZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:53:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751133AbXFNLxS (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:53:18 -0400 Received: from 24-75-174-210-st.chvlva.adelphia.net ([24.75.174.210]:60831 "EHLO sanosuke.troilus.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750995AbXFNLxR (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:53:17 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 1843 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:53:16 EDT To: Matt Keenan Cc: Alexandre Oliva , Linus Torvalds , Lennart Sorensen , 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 References: <466BCBBC.90305@netone.net.tr> <20070610160531.GA12179@kroah.com> <20070612184110.GB7980@kroah.com> <20070613211432.GH10008@csclub.uwaterloo.ca> <4670F3C5.5090602@gmail.com> From: Michael Poole Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 07:22:32 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4670F3C5.5090602@gmail.com> (Matt Keenan's message of "Thu\, 14 Jun 2007 08\:52\:37 +0100") Message-ID: <87odji3hmv.fsf@graviton.dyn.troilus.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1.50 (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: 1082 Lines: 29 Matt Keenan writes: > Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> >> Err, no. Software, per legal definitions in Brazil, US and elsewhere, >> require some physical support. That's the hard disk in the TiVO DVR, >> in this case. I don't see how this matters, though. >> >> > I'm now intrigued, where are these (Brazilian and US) definitions > stipulated, and under what authority? In the US, 17 USC 101 (the "Definitions" section of the title dealing with Copyright) makes this definition: A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about a certain result. As its purpose is to outline the scope of copyright law, this definition is made under the authority granted to Congress by Article I, Section 8 of the United States Constitution. Michael Poole - 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/