Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755770AbXFNRvc (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:51:32 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751116AbXFNRvY (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:51:24 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:51136 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750942AbXFNRvX (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:51:23 -0400 X-Mailer: exmh version 2.7.2 01/07/2005 with nmh-1.2 To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: Daniel Hazelton , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , 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 03:03:40 -0300." From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706131946.15714.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614021619.381331dc@the-village.bc.nu> <200706132129.52736.dhazelton@enter.net> <9114.1181792906@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1181843459_3467P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:50:59 -0400 Message-ID: <20019.1181843459@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1305 Lines: 36 --==_Exmh_1181843459_3467P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 03:03:40 -0300, Alexandre Oliva said: > On Jun 14, 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > > > If a company sells you hardware that includes a ROM that contains GPL'ed > > software, are they in violation of the GPL if they don't include a ROM burner > > in the hardware? Or are ROM burners like compilers, where you have to supply > > your own? > > this requirement does not apply if neither you nor any third party > retains the ability to install modified object code on the User > Product (for example, the work has been installed in ROM). Do they have to provide a ROM burner if the ROM is socketed rather than soldered into place? --==_Exmh_1181843459_3467P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQFGcYADcC3lWbTT17ARAmL9AKD7gXG0Ywa2buh7ZypVWfVHrzBn4gCg07lY b4tGKH+cvk0gbE1toKP0T0c= =faEA -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1181843459_3467P-- - 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/