Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756932AbXJKTrv (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:47:51 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754125AbXJKTrn (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:47:43 -0400 Received: from outpipe-village-512-1.bc.nu ([81.2.110.250]:37818 "EHLO the-village.bc.nu" rhost-flags-OK-FAIL-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754110AbXJKTrn (ORCPT ); Thu, 11 Oct 2007 15:47:43 -0400 Date: Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:51:57 +0100 From: Alan Cox To: "Crane, Matthew" Cc: "Theodore Tso" , Subject: Re: Aggregation in embedded context, is kernel GPL2prejudiceagainst embedded systems? Message-ID: <20071011205157.594cfdb8@the-village.bc.nu> In-Reply-To: References: <20071011151543.GX16424@stusta.de> <20071011162219.GI10759@thunk.org> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 2.10.0 (GTK+ 2.10.14; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Organization: Red Hat UK Cyf., Amberley Place, 107-111 Peascod Street, Windsor, Berkshire, SL4 1TE, Y Deyrnas Gyfunol. Cofrestrwyd yng Nghymru a Lloegr o'r rhif cofrestru 3798903 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1064 Lines: 24 > have no idea about the details, but it seems that those groups who have > pursued GPL cases may have avoided setting precedents lest it reduce the > grayness. I think its more that the cases pursued have been about wholesale abuse of the GPL not about precise fine points. When you have someone committing outright blatant breaches of the licence its quite different to a philosophical dispute about a cornercase. If you talk to a copyright lawyer you will find they can provide a lot of guidance based upon prior caselaw in other areas (combining works in books, setting works to music etc) where a great deal of caselaw has been produced and many consider can be mapped reasonably onto arguments about other areas. That is however a discussion to have with someone qualified to practice that area of law. Alan - 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/