Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754132AbXFNVqx (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:46:53 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751631AbXFNVqp (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:46:45 -0400 Received: from zcars04e.nortel.com ([47.129.242.56]:35955 "EHLO zcars04e.nortel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750952AbXFNVqo (ORCPT ); Thu, 14 Jun 2007 17:46:44 -0400 Message-ID: <4671B734.1040401@nortel.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 15:46:28 -0600 From: "Chris Friesen" User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.0.2-6 (X11/20050513) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandre Oliva CC: Daniel Hazelton , Paul Mundt , 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: <20070614073232.GB22543@linux-sh.org> <200706141617.46734.dhazelton@enter.net> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-OriginalArrivalTime: 14 Jun 2007 21:46:32.0427 (UTC) FILETIME=[78F613B0:01C7AECD] Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 830 Lines: 25 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 14, 2007, Daniel Hazelton wrote: >>*AND* the GPL has never been about making the source available to >>everyone - just to those that get the binaries. > Exactly. Not even to the upstream distributor. That's where Linus' > theory of tit-for-tat falls apart. Nope. case 1: Upstream provides source, tivo modifies and distributes it (to their customers). case 2: tivo provides source, end user modifies and distributes it (possibly to their customers, maybe to friends, possibly even to upstream). See? Tit for tat. Chris - 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/