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

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Message-ID: <22131.1181846410@turing-police.cc.vt.edu>
Date:	Thu, 14 Jun 2007 14:40:10 -0400
From:	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
To:	Michael Gerdau <mgd@...hnosis.de>
Cc:	Bongani Hlope <bhlope@...b.co.za>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>,
	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

On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 06:44:25 +0200, Michael Gerdau said:

> > > TiVo retains the right to modify that copy of Linux as it sees fit.
> > >
> > > It doesn't give the recipients the same right.
> > It does, can't you modify their kernel source? Where does it say you should be
> > able to run you modifications on the same hardware?
> 
> Come on! The whole idea of software is to have it run on some HW.
> Why would I want to change it in the first place if I can't run it ?

Maybe this quote will summarize the situation:

Judith: [on Stan's desire to be a mother] Here! I've got an idea: Suppose you
	agree that he can't actually have babies, not having a womb - which is
	nobody's fault, not even the Romans' - but that he can have the *right*
	to have babies.
Francis: Good idea, Judith. We shall fight the oppressors for your right to
	have babies, brother... sister, sorry.
Reg: What's the *point*?
Francis: What?
Reg: What's the point of fighting for his right to have babies, when he can't
	have babies?
Francis: It is symbolic of our struggle against oppression.
Reg: It's symbolic of his struggle against reality.

		-- Monty Python's "Life of Brian"



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