Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755436AbXFPLeT (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:34:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753610AbXFPLeH (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:34:07 -0400 Received: from mailout03.sul.t-online.com ([194.25.134.81]:59307 "EHLO mailout03.sul.t-online.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753464AbXFPLeG (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Jun 2007 07:34:06 -0400 Message-ID: <4673CA7C.5040207@t-online.de> Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2007 13:33:16 +0200 From: Bernd Schmidt User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.0 (X11/20070519) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandre Oliva CC: Alan Cox , Ingo Molnar , Daniel Hazelton , Linus Torvalds , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: <200706132121.04532.dhazelton@enter.net> <200706132304.21984.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070614112329.3645c397@the-village.bc.nu> <20070614103846.GA7902@elte.hu> <20070614195517.GA4933@elte.hu> <20070614235004.GA14952@elte.hu> <20070615011012.6c09066e@the-village.bc.nu> <20070615012623.GA25189@elte.hu> <20070615101007.0cbfd078@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-ID: EXvptyZAwe4Z7+OiIH3gBj+LGS+cb7JkGttMNcwHR+yltibbYmGykC X-TOI-MSGID: bb780142-5996-4145-b48e-cd4e2333d985 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 988 Lines: 25 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 15, 2007, Alan Cox wrote: > >> What this means for the FSF goals if Tivo get up one morning and switch >> their system firmware to ROM however is interesting 8) > > I'm not the FSF, and I don't speak for it, but it seems to me that > this would be "mission accomplished". This is insane. You start with a lofty ideal involving "freedom", and when you end up with a meaningless technicality (and in technical terms a change for the worse) you consider it a victory? Yes, I know that this is what happens in politics (look here, our laws had an effect!), but I have more respect for you than to think you fall for these kinds of games. I do not wish to revise my opinion. Bernd - 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/