linux-kernel - Re: Aggregation in embedded context, is kernel GPL2 prejudiceagainst embedded systems?

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Date:	Thu, 11 Oct 2007 20:54:08 +0100
From:	Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
To:	"Crane, Matthew" <mcrane03@...ris.com>
Cc:	"Adrian Bunk" <bunk@...nel.org>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Aggregation in embedded context, is kernel GPL2
 prejudiceagainst embedded systems?

On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:06:14 -0400
"Crane, Matthew" <mcrane03@...ris.com> wrote:

> Hi, 
> 
> I wasn't sure how to describe what the people and groups with the
> mandate to defend open source software.  There are people and groups
> with such a mandate.

The same as any other work generally: "The authors", "the rights holder",
and sometimes "the state". In the case of something like the GPL possibly
the recipient of a binary only version, although that is much less
certain.

Alan
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