Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755629AbXFNT3g (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:29:36 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753604AbXFNT30 (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:29:26 -0400 Received: from mx1.redhat.com ([66.187.233.31]:46959 "EHLO mx1.redhat.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753573AbXFNT3Y (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:29:24 -0400 To: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu 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 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> <20019.1181843459@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> From: Alexandre Oliva Organization: Red Hat OS Tools Group Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:29:03 -0300 In-Reply-To: <20019.1181843459@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> (Valdis Kletnieks's message of "Thu\, 14 Jun 2007 13\:50\:59 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.0.990 (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: 1330 Lines: 30 On Jun 14, 2007, Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu wrote: > 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? Of course not. They just can't impose restrictions on your obtaining a ROM burner and doing the work yourself. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org} - 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/