Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758113AbXFQNsA (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:48:00 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751411AbXFQNrw (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:47:52 -0400 Received: from outpost.ds9a.nl ([213.244.168.210]:44375 "EHLO outpost.ds9a.nl" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751296AbXFQNrv (ORCPT ); Sun, 17 Jun 2007 09:47:51 -0400 Date: Sun, 17 Jun 2007 15:47:49 +0200 From: bert hubert To: Linus Torvalds Cc: Alexandre Oliva , Al Viro , Bernd Schmidt , Alan Cox , Ingo Molnar , Daniel Hazelton , 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 Message-ID: <20070617134749.GA29199@outpost.ds9a.nl> Mail-Followup-To: bert hubert , Linus Torvalds , Alexandre Oliva , Al Viro , Bernd Schmidt , Alan Cox , Ingo Molnar , Daniel Hazelton , Greg KH , debian developer , david@lang.hm, Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton References: <20070614235004.GA14952@elte.hu> <20070615011012.6c09066e@the-village.bc.nu> <20070615012623.GA25189@elte.hu> <20070615101007.0cbfd078@the-village.bc.nu> <4673CA7C.5040207@t-online.de> <20070616181902.GB21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.9i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1847 Lines: 44 On Sat, Jun 16, 2007 at 08:10:53PM -0700, Linus Torvalds wrote: > This is where we started. The same way you seem to think that "freedom" > has only the meaning *you* and the FSF give it, and that somehow the > spirit of the GPL includes the "four freedoms" that aren't even > _mentioned_ in it. > > THAT IS NOT TRUE. Compare for example the landmark case Griswold v. Connecticut where the US supreme court, faced with a constitution that did not contain items they desperately wanted it to contain, made up 'penumbras' and 'emanations' stemming from the bill of rights, which then created the much sought after guarantees of privacy for Americans. '[..] Specific guarantees in the Bill of Rights have penumbras, formed by emanations from those guarantees that help give them life and substance. Various guarantees create zones of privacy.' and 'Although the Bill of Rights does not explicitly mention "privacy", Justice William O. Douglas (writing for the majority) ruled that the right was to be found in the "penumbras" of other constitutional protections.' This was frowned upon back then as 'overly creative', and still is - but because the constitution could not be changed, and nobody was willing to amend it, they had no choice but to interpret so extensively. This is not the case now however. http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/conlaw/griswold.html http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Griswold_v._Connecticut Bert -- http://www.PowerDNS.com Open source, database driven DNS Software http://netherlabs.nl Open and Closed source services - 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/