Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759059AbXFOX5Z (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:57:25 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756674AbXFOX5T (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:57:19 -0400 Received: from zeniv.linux.org.uk ([195.92.253.2]:45314 "EHLO ZenIV.linux.org.uk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753597AbXFOX5S (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Jun 2007 19:57:18 -0400 Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:57:15 +0100 From: Al Viro To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: Chris Adams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Message-ID: <20070615235715.GA21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> References: <20070615215334.GA1347791@hiwaay.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1137 Lines: 24 On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 08:13:54PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 15, 2007, Chris Adams wrote: > > > Obviously Linus feels that the spirit of the GPLv2 is exactly what > > he wanted > > spirit != letter. He liked the letter. He couldn't even tell spirit > from letter 2 or 3 days ago. > > The spirit is the motivations behind the author of the license. > Anyone who thinks the motivations of RMS and the FSF are not defending > users' freedoms, as defined in the Free Software Definition, hasn't > been around for very long. Aha. I.e. "similar in spirit" means simply "written according to motivations of RMS and FSF". Which means, of course, that RMS and FSF are the sole judges in that area. There is just one problem: it's not vague enough to be stated openly in the license. Can't scare the suckers away - that would reduce the user freedoms, right? - 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/