Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759086AbXFOVst (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:48:49 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1758762AbXFOVsg (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:48:36 -0400 Received: from keil-draco.com ([216.193.185.50]:50623 "EHLO mail.keil-draco.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1758429AbXFOVse (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:48:34 -0400 From: Daniel Hazelton To: Alexandre Oliva Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Date: Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:48:18 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.6 Cc: Linus Torvalds , Adrian Bunk , Alan Cox , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton , mingo@elte.hu References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <200706150114.28068.dhazelton@enter.net> In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200706151748.19231.dhazelton@enter.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4058 Lines: 89 On Friday 15 June 2007 16:04:15 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 15, 2007, Daniel Hazelton wrote: > > On Thursday 14 June 2007 23:39:50 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > >> On Jun 14, 2007, Daniel Hazelton wrote: > >> > You're making an artificial distinction based on whether the > >> > *SOFTWARE* has a certain license or not. > >> > >> What matters to me is that, when the GPL says you can't impose further > >> restrictions, then you can't, no matter how convoluted your argument > >> is > > > > Convoluted? Not in the least. > > I didn't say your arguments were convoluted, and I know I didn't mean > to say that. But I've heard enough arguments about excuses to escape > the obligations of the GPL (and other licenses and obligations, FWIW) > to know that such arguments can get very convoluted. > > That said, I was actually trying to quote Eben Moglen, who once spoke > about this, but the word he used was "elaborate", not "convoluted". > Unfortunately, the right word escaped me ATM. Thanks for the clarification. > >> > If the intent of a law (or license) is to do A but it doesn't say > >> > that, then how is the intent to be known? Your answer: Ask the > >> > author. > >> > >> No, you interpret based on what the author wrote then. > > > > Really? Well I must say I'm surprised at the sudden change of heart. I > > have several mails here in which you have either said "You ask the > > author" or that line has been quoted. > > It's no change. You interpret what's there. If it's clear, good. If > there's a dispute, you have to ask the author, only s/he knows what > s/he meant. It's really that simple. And as I have hopefully given good proof for, asking the author is not a good solution. The author can change their mind about their intent at any point in time - even during the process of writing the license. > > Show me where in the preamble that this issue of "it must run on any > > given piece of hardware" > > Why is the burden of the proof on me? > > You show me where it says "one may impose restrictions on what > particupar pieces of hardware the program can run", to override the > general spirit of "passing on all the rights one has". It's "pass on all rights granted under this license". If I had to pass on "all rights I have" I'd have to pass on my right to change the license on my code. Since that isn't a right I'm obligated to pass on - and you could never convice me it is - I'm not "passing on all the rights I have" at *all*. > > (And, by the way, if the FSF decided to release a GPLv4 that had an > > active section that said "You must turn over all copyright rights to a > > work released under this license to the FSF" it wouldn't "break spirit" > > with the GPL (v2 or v3). > > Can't. These terms wouldn't apply to the copyright holder (the only > person who could make the transfer), only to licensees. It's part of the preamble, in which the "We" refers to the FSF. If the preamble determines the "intent" and "spirit" of the license, then part of the "intent" and "spirit" of the license is collective aggregation of all copyright rights to all software released under the GPL by the FSF. > > If "tivoization" was against the spirit, then all that would have been > > needed was one extra clause clearly explaining that. Instead there are > > more than 6 extra sections in the GPLv3. > > Erhm... How did you get the (completely flawed, BTW) impression that > tivoization was all GPLv3 was about? I've looked through the GPLv3 and "tivoization" and DRM are the only things that are functionally different. In reading the GPLv3 *again* today I got the impression that there are more restrictions than grants of rights. DRH -- Dialup is like pissing through a pipette. Slow and excruciatingly painful. - 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/