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

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Message-ID: <ormyz2fp8p.fsf@oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 13:57:26 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org>
Cc:	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	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, Paul Mundt <lethal@...ux-sh.org> wrote:

> I don't see how you can claim that the vendor is infringing on your
> freedom, _you_ made the decision to go out and buy the product knowing
> that the vendor wasn't going to go out of their way to help you hack
> the device.

But I also made this decision fully aware that the software included
in the package was published under a license that said I was entitled
to modify it.  More than once I purchased a device that claimed to
have GNU/Linux software on it, only to find out that I couldn't use
the freedoms, because the distributor was infringing the license in
various ways.

> If you don't like what the vendor has done with the product, you have the
> freedom to not support the vendor, and to try and encourage people to
> follow suit.

Sure.  But wouldn't it be nice if the copyright holder could also help
in this effort?  It doesn't mean the copyright holder has to: s/he can
always grant an additional permission, or simply refrain from
enforcing this provision of the license.

-- 
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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