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

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Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:19:35 -0400
From:	Stephen Clark <Stephen.Clark@...lark.us>
To:	davids@...master.com, linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

David Schwartz wrote:

>>On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:55:10 -0700
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>>"David Schwartz" <davids@...master.com> wrote:
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>>>A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither
>>>statements nor
>>>instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is
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>>>truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on.
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>>A computer program is a number too.
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>No, it's not. It can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number.
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??? can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number ???
sure its a number.

>Keys are purely numbers, they are nothing else. Signatures are pure
>primitive facts encoded as numbers (authority X blessed object Y).
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>A computer program is a set of instructions to accomplish a particular
>result. It can be expressed as a number, but that doesn't mean it is a
>number.
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>It might be true in principle to develop a scheme whereby every physical
>object uniquely corresponds to an extremely large number. That doesn't turn
>physical objects into numbers.
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>DS
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