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

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Date:	Fri, 15 Jun 2007 17:42:35 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
Cc:	Michael Poole <mdpoole@...ilus.org>,
	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>
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

On Jun 15, 2007, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu> wrote:

> it is a false statement on your part that the executable "does not 
> function properly" if it lacks that part. Try it: take out the harddisk 
> from the Tivo (it's a bog standard IDE harddisk), put into a nice Linux 
> PC, mount it, modify a bit in the kernel image header and it will likely 
> still boot just fine on that PC.

Ok, try this: take the disk out, remove/replace/modify the signature,
put the disk back in, and tell me what it is that fail to run.

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