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Message-ID: <9e4733910807300851y2121667fqf8547cdd27ecc6b8@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 11:51:11 -0400
From: "Jon Smirl" <jonsmirl@...il.com>
To: "Alan Cox" <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk>
Cc: davids@...master.com, "Stefan Richter" <stefanr@...6.in-berlin.de>,
"Linux-Kernel@...r. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: 463 kernel developers missing!
On 7/30/08, Alan Cox <alan@...rguk.ukuu.org.uk> wrote:
> > > The GPL doesn't trump data protection law. It can't.
> >
> > By making a submission to a GPL'd project didn't you grant a license
> > for your data to be used? That was Ted's point when he posted the
> > developer's certification.
>
>
> Data protection law trumps the GPL. The fact my address is public does
> not give you the rights globally to process it.
>
There are a lot of companies (including Google's code database)
indexing the kernel source and processing it into new form. What is
their standing?
--
Jon Smirl
jonsmirl@...il.com
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