Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1757322AbXFUSSB (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:18:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753694AbXFUSRy (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:17:54 -0400 Received: from mail1.webmaster.com ([216.152.64.169]:1530 "EHLO mail1.webmaster.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753593AbXFUSRx (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:17:53 -0400 From: "David Schwartz" To: Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: RE: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:17:50 -0700 Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.6604 (9.0.2911.0) In-Reply-To: <20070621121438.46a35c0d@the-village.bc.nu> Importance: Normal X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.3138 X-Authenticated-Sender: joelkatz@webmaster.com X-Spam-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:18:13 -0700 (not processed: message from trusted or authenticated source) X-MDRemoteIP: 206.171.168.138 X-Return-Path: davids@webmaster.com X-MDaemon-Deliver-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: davids@webmaster.com X-MDAV-Processed: mail1.webmaster.com, Thu, 21 Jun 2007 11:18:15 -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1153 Lines: 33 > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:55:10 -0700 > "David Schwartz" wrote: > > A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither > > statements nor > > instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is > > really and > > truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on. > A computer program is a number too. No, it's not. It can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number. Keys are purely numbers, they are nothing else. Signatures are pure primitive facts encoded as numbers (authority X blessed object Y). A computer program is a set of instructions to accomplish a particular result. It can be expressed as a number, but that doesn't mean it is a number. It might be true in principle to develop a scheme whereby every physical object uniquely corresponds to an extremely large number. That doesn't turn physical objects into numbers. DS - 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/