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

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Message-ID: <ork5txksp0.fsf@oliva.athome.lsd.ic.unicamp.br>
Date:	Thu, 21 Jun 2007 16:34:19 -0300
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	david@...g.hm
Cc:	Andrew McKay <amckay@...rs.ca>,
	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Al Viro <viro@....linux.org.uk>,
	Bernd Schmidt <bernds_cb1@...nline.de>,
	Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>,
	Daniel Hazelton <dhazelton@...er.net>,
	Greg KH <greg@...ah.com>,
	debian developer <debiandev@...il.com>,
	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 21, 2007, david@...g.hm wrote:

> On Thu, 21 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>> On Jun 21, 2007, david@...g.hm wrote:
>> 
>>> no, one of the rules for the network is that the software must be
>>> certified,
>> 
>> In this case you might have grounds to enforce this restriction of the
>> network on the network controller itself, I suppose.

> how would the network controller know if the software has been modified?

The loader could check that and set a flag in the controller.

> what sort of signal can the network controller send that couldn't be
> forged by the OS?

Whatever the network controller designer created to enable it to do
so.

> how would you do this where the device is a receiver on the netwoek
> (such as a satellite receiver)

If it's input-only, then you can't possibly harm the operation of the
network by only listening in, can you?

-- 
Alexandre Oliva         http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/
FSF Latin America Board Member         http://www.fsfla.org/
Red Hat Compiler Engineer   aoliva@...dhat.com, gcc.gnu.org}
Free Software Evangelist  oliva@...d.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}
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