Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756693AbYG3TuS (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:18 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753642AbYG3TuF (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:05 -0400 Received: from einhorn.in-berlin.de ([192.109.42.8]:36114 "EHLO einhorn.in-berlin.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753578AbYG3TuE (ORCPT ); Wed, 30 Jul 2008 15:50:04 -0400 X-Envelope-From: stefanr@s5r6.in-berlin.de Message-ID: <4890C5E2.3030501@s5r6.in-berlin.de> Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 21:49:54 +0200 From: Stefan Richter User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.8.1.16) Gecko/20080722 SeaMonkey/1.1.11 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: davids@webmaster.com CC: alan@lxorguk.ukuu.org.uk, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: 463 kernel developers missing! References: In-Reply-To: X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1345 Lines: 30 David Schwartz wrote: > I think it's terribly bad manners to submit something to a GPL project and > then complain when someone else uses it the way they want to. ... > Enforcing data protection laws to restrict rights granted under the GPL is > no different from enforcing an EULA to do ths same thing. It's not the same thing, by far. EULA = "end user license agreement"; while "data protection law" is... law. Obviously, licenses (contracts) must not be unlawful. PS: You may use a GPL'd program any way you want --- although not for unlawful purposes. But that's not a matter between you and the copyright holder, it's between you and the law. PPS: SCM metadata are not part of the program. The DCoO states that the personal data submitted along with the contribution may be redistributed "consistent... with the open source license(s) involved", but it isn't discussed whether other terms of the licenses, notably those on modification and derivatives, apply to the data supplied for the certificate of origin. -- Stefan Richter -=====-==--- -=== ====- http://arcgraph.de/sr/ -- 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/