Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756640AbXICI7R (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 04:59:17 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751859AbXICI7B (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 04:59:01 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:50577 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753280AbXICI7A (ORCPT ); Mon, 3 Sep 2007 04:59:00 -0400 Message-ID: <46DBCCD2.70800@garzik.org> Date: Mon, 03 Sep 2007 04:58:58 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: davids@webmaster.com CC: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing References: In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 21 David Schwartz wrote: > Either license can grant you the right to distribute it, but how you get the > rights to distribute has *NO* effect on the recipient. They receive a lawful > copy and any rights the original author grants them under a license from > that original author. You have no power to grant or modify rights to the > original work. Secondary parties have the power to grant or modify rights, if delegated to them by the original author. Relicensing and transfer of rights happens all the time. How do you think most music gets into consumer hands? Jeff - 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/