linux-kernel - Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 08:52:37 +0100
From:	Matt Keenan <tank.en.mate@...il.com>
To:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
CC:	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Lennart Sorensen <lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>,
	"david@...g.hm" <david@...g.hm>,
	Tarkan Erimer <tarkan@...one.net.tr>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, mingo@...e.hu
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 13, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>   
>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>     
>>> So, TiVo includes a copy of Linux in its DVR.  
>>>       
>
>   
>> Stop right there.
>>     
>
>   
>> You seem to make the mistake to think that software is something physical.
>>     
>
> Err, no.  Software, per legal definitions in Brazil, US and elsewhere,
> require some physical support.  That's the hard disk in the TiVO DVR,
> in this case.  I don't see how this matters, though.
>
>   
I'm now intrigued, where are these (Brazilian and US) definitions
stipulated, and under what authority?

Matt

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