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 17:18:15 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:18:05 -0400 Received: from isimail.interactivesi.com ([207.8.4.3]:37892 "HELO dinero.interactivesi.com") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id ; Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:17:57 -0400 Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:17:49 -0500 From: Timur Tabi To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20010621170534.F23465@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> In-Reply-To: <200106211814.f5LIEgK04880@snark.thyrsus.com> <20010621151716.B5662@thyrsus.com> <20010621155103.B23465@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> <20010621161322.A6873@thyrsus.com> <20010621161322.A6873@thyrsus.com> <20010621164625.E23465@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net> ; from ttabi@interactivesi.com on Thu, Jun 21, 2001 at 04:02:49PM -0500 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 Andrew Pimlott on Thu, 21 Jun 2001 17:05:34 -0400 > Sorry, I meant to say "chooser of the license". Given that Linux > was never an FSF project, and that Linus editorializes at the top of > COPYING, I think it is reasonable to infer that we are talking about > his interpretation of the GPL. And my point is that by making such a public, far-reaching interpretation of the GPL, a lawyer in court could argue that his interpretation should be THE interpretation. I believe that judges have made interpretations of a law based solely on how the law is practiced, to avoid situations where everyone affected by that law has to change what he's doing. -- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com