From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:30:11 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:30:02 -0400 Received: from isimail.interactivesi.com ([207.8.4.3]:25616 "HELO dinero.interactivesi.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:29:50 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:29:41 -0500 From: Timur Tabi To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010621161322.A6873@thyrsus.com> In-Reply-To: <200106211814.f5LIEgK04880@snark.thyrsus.com> <20010621151716.B5662@thyrsus.com> <20010621155103.B23465@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> <20010621155103.B23465@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> ; from andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 03:51:03PM -0400 Subject: Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic X-Mailer: The Polarbar Mailer; version=1.19a; build=73 Message-ID: X-AntiVirus: scanned for viruses by AMaViS 0.2.1 (http://amavis.org/) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org ** Reply to message from "Eric S. Raymond" on Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:13:22 -0400 > Linus *is*, however, implicitly claiming the authority to make license > policy on behalf of the other copyright holders in cases where the GPL > is unclear. And that could be dangerous to "GPL purists", because in a legal situation, someone could point at Linus and say, "See, I don't have to GPL my code." > In COPYING, Linus says that that the version of GPL applying to the > kernel is v2 unless explicitly otherwise stated. He has also already > issued the interpretation that normal system calls from userland do > not create a derivation relationship. I just hope that's enough. > I consider Linus to have the moral right to make these decisions, whether > or not the law gives him a formal legal right to do so. All I have done > is propose that he be more explicit about his policy in order to prevent > needless confusion and nervousness. I agree completely. -- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com