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

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Date:	Wed, 20 Jun 2007 15:38:52 -0400
From:	Michael Poole <mdpoole@...ilus.org>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	Tomas Neme <lacrymology@...il.com>,
	"Linux-Kernel\@Vger. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

david@...g.hm writes:

> no, saying that the result must be acceptable to other software (in
> this case the software running in the BIOS) is not part of the source
> code.

Why not?  The digital signature is a statement (which translates
roughly to "Tivo approves this") to be used in a computer in order to
bring about a certain result.  That result is making it boot on the
PVR.  Source code simply means the original forms or inputs used to
generate machine-readable statements.

Michael Poole

>>    A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be
>>    used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about
>>    a certain result.
>>    -- US Code, Title 17, Section 101
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