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

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 09:41:48 -0400
From:	lsorense@...lub.uwaterloo.ca (Lennart Sorensen)
To:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
Cc:	Bron Gondwana <brong@...tmail.fm>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>, 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 Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 04:26:34PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> If the bug is in the non-GPLed BIOS, not in the GPLed code, too bad.
> One more reason to dislike non-Free Software.

Maybe the Tivo only loading signed kernels is a bug in their bios. :)

> The freedom the GPL defends is not the freedom to modify and debug the
> system, but rather the covered software.
> 
> Now, if you find evidence that the "bug" is actually intentionally put
> there to stop you from doing what you wanted with the software, then
> there's clearly a violation of the spirit of the license, and you
> might even have a case of copyright infringement, but IANAL.

There are many interesting bugs out there.  Who is to say what was
intensional?

--
Len Sorensen
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