Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758703AbXFUTUB (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:20:01 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754795AbXFUTTj (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:19:39 -0400 Received: from smtpout10-04.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net ([64.202.165.238]:51806 "HELO smtpout10.prod.mesa1.secureserver.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1753821AbXFUTTh (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:19:37 -0400 Message-ID: <467ACF47.7080906@seclark.us> Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:19:35 -0400 From: Stephen Clark Reply-To: Stephen.Clark@seclark.us User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux 2.2.16-22smp i686; en-US; m18) Gecko/20010110 Netscape6/6.5 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: davids@webmaster.com, linux-kernel Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1823 Lines: 73 David Schwartz wrote: >>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. > > ??? can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number ??? sure its 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/ > > > -- "They that give up essential liberty to obtain temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety." (Ben Franklin) "The course of history shows that as a government grows, liberty decreases." (Thomas Jefferson) - 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/