Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758664AbXFPFr2 (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:47:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752863AbXFPFrV (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:47:21 -0400 Received: from wx-out-0506.google.com ([66.249.82.237]:32943 "EHLO wx-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752760AbXFPFrU (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 01:47:20 -0400 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=sHNEBA9fEpU9tELJ7ZRXBG8gd6kfNNCIHmciy4hMOebddKvNpLndNpo/AVC3dYXoMnjtnpXxsCC9P7vs0bRdeNUyqE66xkei85kqeUu3rNrZHrpiBGVBHfM+xPSgRvOb+aXk6elgJZJAhdzmKO8H0R4w6+FUCfXD/dKj+JvCY8s= Message-ID: <7b69d1470706152247l3a6fbd70i4c0a94b3c82a455c@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 00:47:20 -0500 From: "Scott Preece" To: "Alexandre Oliva" Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Cc: "Ingo Molnar" , "Rob Landley" , "Alan Cox" , "Daniel Hazelton" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Greg KH" , "debian developer" , david@lang.hm, "Tarkan Erimer" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, "Andrew Morton" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <466A3EC6.6030706@netone.net.tr> <20070614122031.4751a52b@the-village.bc.nu> <20070614122546.GB22078@elte.hu> <200706141907.11957.rob@landley.net> <20070615120926.GD6269@elte.hu> <7b69d1470706151503v23253546w5648f04673741c8f@mail.gmail.com> <7b69d1470706151752x30aeaaacl305d964b0ae4cc2d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 980 Lines: 25 On 6/15/07, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 15, 2007, "Scott Preece" wrote: > > > Whether it's a legal requirement or a business decision, the result is > > the same - neither forcing the manufacturer to make the device > > non-updatable nor forcing the manufacturer to use different software > > benefits anyone. > > I agree. But that's an incomplete picture. > > It's the other part of the picture, that you left out twice, that is > the case that is good for the users *and* for the community. --- I don't think I "left it out". The point is that if the manufacturer is unwilling to give the right to modify, no change in the language is going to cause the user to have that right. scott - 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/