Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757352AbXFRFYR (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:24:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752412AbXFRFYE (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:24:04 -0400 Received: from srv1.netkinetics.net ([206.71.148.180]:56474 "EHLO srv1.netkinetics.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750895AbXFRFYD (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 01:24:03 -0400 Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 From: Tim Post Reply-To: tim.post@netkinetics.net To: david@lang.hm Cc: Alexandre Oliva , Bernd Petrovitsch , Gabor Czigola , lkml In-Reply-To: References: <3a0f49600706171014m6bc9af34s9dda0ea282a4d63@mail.gmail.com> <1182112097.3800.3.camel@gimli.at.home> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Net Kinetics Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 13:22:17 +0800 Message-Id: <1182144137.21797.1449.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.4.1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - srv1.netkinetics.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - netkinetics.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1090 Lines: 29 On Sun, 2007-06-17 at 14:13 -0700, david@lang.hm wrote: > you argue that it is evil for tivo to produce a pice of hardware that they > can modify and the user can't > > but you then argue that it's a good thing for the FSF to produce a license > that they can modify and others can't They can't modify the license that you used. They can make a new license which you may optionally use at your discretion. Once you release the code under the GPL(x), that is it. The only person who can change that is you or perhaps some bizarre court order. But it would still be you changing it, even if your hand was forced to do so. Your copyright is your signing mechanism. Once you do it, its a done deed. That is the whole reason Linus chose GPL2 to begin with, I believe :) You and _only_ you are the one. Its like a biometric lock. Best, --Tim - 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/