Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758734AbXFUUq6 (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:46:58 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1756071AbXFUUqv (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:46:51 -0400 Received: from dsl081-033-126.lax1.dsl.speakeasy.net ([64.81.33.126]:43199 "EHLO bifrost.lang.hm" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756050AbXFUUqu (ORCPT ); Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:46:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2007 13:45:27 -0700 (PDT) From: david@lang.hm X-X-Sender: dlang@asgard.lang.hm To: Alexandre Oliva cc: Andrew McKay , Alan Cox , Linus Torvalds , Al Viro , Bernd Schmidt , Ingo Molnar , Daniel Hazelton , Greg KH , debian developer , Tarkan Erimer , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Andrew Morton Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 In-Reply-To: Message-ID: References: <4679557C.5080907@iders.ca> <20070620175627.319a6c55@the-village.bc.nu> <46797C52.4020907@iders.ca> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1264 Lines: 34 On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Jun 21, 2007, david@lang.hm wrote: > >> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote: >>> If it's input-only, then you can't possibly harm the operation of the >>> network by only listening in, can you? > >> Ok, so you consider any anti-piracy measures to be something that >> GPLv3 should prohibit. > > In general, I object to the use of my code in ways that don't permit > users to run it for any purpose, study it, adapt it to suit their own > needs, modify the code and distribute it, modified or not. > > If this means my code can't be used to implement DRM, that's a good > thing. > > All anti-piracy measures I've ever known deprive users of legitimate > rights too. So, yes, I don't agree with these measures. > > I believe in punishing the guilty, not in punishing innocent > bystanders just such that the guilty have to find work arounds to > become guilty. this is your right with your code. please stop browbeating people who disagree with you. David Lang - 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/