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Date: Mon, 18 Dec 2006 17:05:14 -0500 From: Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu> To: karderio <karderio@...il.com> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...l.org>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] On Mon, Dec 18, 2006 at 10:04:07PM +0100, karderio wrote: > I have realised that the proposed changes do not *impose* any more > restriction on the use of the kernel than currently exists. Currently > the Kernel is licenced to impose the same licence on derived works, > enforce distribution of source code etc. and this by law. The proposed > changes do not impose anything, they just make things technically a > little more complicated for some, and they can be trivially circumvented > if one desires. .... except that the people who proposed these changes have already suggested that these circumventions would be violations of the United States' Digital Milllenium Copyright Act, which has rather draconoian penalties for these "trivial circumventions". Which is precisely why Linus has said that if we go down this path, we are basically using the same tactics as the RIAA and MPAA. And why this kind of arm twisting as "pursuasion" would be a very, VERY bad idea. - Ted - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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