Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1765931AbXFRTs4 (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:48:56 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1763256AbXFRTst (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:48:49 -0400 Received: from canuck.infradead.org ([209.217.80.40]:60263 "EHLO canuck.infradead.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1762934AbXFRTss (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jun 2007 15:48:48 -0400 Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2007 12:48:13 -0700 From: Greg KH To: Alexandre Oliva Cc: Al Viro , Daniel Hazelton , Bron Gondwana , Ingo Molnar , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , 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: <20070618194813.GA11691@kroah.com> References: <200706161817.36657.dhazelton@enter.net> <200706162306.14516.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070617051451.GD21478@ftp.linux.org.uk> <20070618154549.GB6041@kroah.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.15 (2007-04-06) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1200 Lines: 31 On Mon, Jun 18, 2007 at 03:20:39PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 18, 2007, Greg KH wrote: > > From the very _beginning_ of the v3 process the kernel developers > > have showed their objection to that section of the license, and we > > were told, to our face, with no uncertian terms, that it was going > > to stay, in one form or another, no matter what we thought or said > > about it. > > This sounds about right. > > > So, why would we want to waste our time filling out web forms after > > that? > > If you're adamantly favorable to permitting any form of Tivoization > whatsoever, don't bother. For the record, I completely feel that what Tivo did was both legally correct[1], and the correct thing to do for their system, and would fight _very_ hard any attempt to change the Linux kernel's license that would prevent this usage model. So I will not bother anymore. greg k-h [1] The FSF lawyers also agree with this. - 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/