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

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Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:00:21 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Matt Keenan <tank.en.mate@...il.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\@lang.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

On Jun 14, 2007, Matt Keenan <tank.en.mate@...il.com> wrote:

> Alexandre Oliva wrote:

>> 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?

http://www.planalto.gov.br/ccIVIL_03/LEIS/L9609.htm

LEI Nº 9.609 , DE 19 DE FEVEREIRO DE 1998.

Art. 1º Programa de computador é a expressão de um conjunto organizado
de instruções em linguagem natural ou codificada, contida em suporte
                                                  ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
físico de qualquer natureza, de emprego necessário em máquinas
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
automáticas de tratamento da informação, dispositivos, instrumentos ou
equipamentos periféricos, baseados em técnica digital ou análoga, para
fazê-los funcionar de modo e para fins determinados.


-- 
Alexandre Oliva         http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
FSF Latin America Board Member         http://www.fsfla.org/
Red Hat Compiler Engineer   aoliva@...dhat.com, gcc.gnu.org}
Free Software Evangelist  oliva@...d.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
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