From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261930AbTLLUlt (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:41:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261950AbTLLUlt (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:41:49 -0500 Received: from gprs149-168.eurotel.cz ([160.218.149.168]:61056 "EHLO amd.ucw.cz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261930AbTLLUls (ORCPT ); Fri, 12 Dec 2003 15:41:48 -0500 Date: Fri, 12 Dec 2003 20:40:04 +0100 From: Pavel Machek To: Andre Hedrick Cc: Linus Torvalds , Paul Adams , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Message-ID: <20031212194004.GB465@elf.ucw.cz> References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Warning: Reading this can be dangerous to your mental health. User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.4i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hi! > OSL 1 and 2 are a preferred choice as they are slowly creaping into the > kernel. The beauty and pain of OSL is that SCO would be a NOOP. The > requirement imposed on the contributing author to indemnify (sp really > bad) the changes/patches to the codebase core, makes it a better world. > In short code sets of questionable origin are the liabities of the author > and not the community. Hmm, remind me to never ever touch anything under OSL. Copyright is different in different countries and having $1e9 lawsuit going after _me_ just because U.S. laws are crazy does not seem funny to me. Pavel -- When do you have a heart between your knees? [Johanka's followup: and *two* hearts?]