To: Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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From: Alexandre Oliva <oliva@lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2007 03:18:47 -0300
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On Jun 26, 2007, Al Boldi <a1426z@gawab.com> wrote:

>> Is it in the spirit of GPLv2?

> No, but that's besides the point.

Thanks for informing me about the point *I*'m trying to make ;-)

> You can only hold people responsible for the letter, lest there be chaos.

That's not *quite* how it works, but that's a general idea, yes.

>> How are the sources passed on in this way going to benefit the user or the
>> community?

> They still have to provide the source by other GPL means of their choosing.

This is contradictory.  You said the scenario I described was
permitted, and the scenario included the vendor's refusal to give
customers other copies of the sources.

Which is it?

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Alexandre Oliva         http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
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