Re: Moglen's "all good faith"
There are some (bad) parts in the linux kernel that are not GPL, and
even some parts which could be considered non-free. Look through the
individual file copyright notices.
andrew
On 1/20/06, Alexander Terekhov <alexander.terekhov@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 1/20/06, Måns Rullgård <mru@inprovide.com> wrote:
> [...]
> > > Moglen: In all good faith, I can't tell you. If the kernel were pure GPL in
> > > its license terms, the answer...would be: You couldn't link proprietary
> > > video drivers into it whether dynamically or statically, and you couldn't
> > > link drivers which were proprietary in their license terms.
> > > ----
> > >
> > > I just wonder under what "impure" GPL license terms do you think Moglen
> > > thinks the Linux kernel is developed currently (note that the context is
> > > kernel drivers which has nothing to do with Linus' not-really-an-exception
> > > for user space).
> > >
> > > Any thoughts?
> >
> > Perhaps this:
> >
> > Also note that the only valid version of the GPL as far as the kernel
> > is concerned is _this_ particular version of the license (ie v2, not
> > v2.2 or v3.x or whatever), unless explicitly otherwise stated.
>
> And how does that make it "impure" GPL? Permission to relicense
> under revised later versions is not part of the GPL license terms.
>
> regards,
> alexander.
>
>
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