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Re: Binary Driver Issues
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pedro Roque Marques)
Wed Jun 19 03:10:54 1996
Date: Tue, 18 Jun 1996 23:57:31 +0100
From: Pedro Roque Marques <roque@di.fc.ul.pt>
To: dennis@etinc.com (Dennis)
Cc: Mike Kilburn <mike@lserv.conexio.co.za>, linux-net@vger.rutgers.edu
In-Reply-To: <199606181815.OAA03671@etinc.com>
>>>>> "Dennis" == Dennis <dennis@etinc.com> writes:
Dennis> It doesnt matter what he says, you cant license against
Dennis> add-ons. You can put whatever you want in the document,
Dennis> but you cant enforce it so its meaningless. You dont own
Dennis> the computer by running an O/S...you can run anything on
Dennis> the computer you want that is compatible regardless of
Dennis> whether Linus says you can or not. Even if you linked
Dennis> binaries directly with the core kernel code itself. A
Dennis> licensor only has rights over their own code. When you buy
Incorrect. You can't buy a Linux Kernel. The only thing that allows
you to use it is the GPL. If you consider the GPL invalid in one
aspect you must be simply refuse it. And without the GPL you have no
right whatsoever to use a Linux Kernel.
If the GPL says you can not link staticly with the kernel and you do
you are stealing intelectual property when using a Linux kernel since you
have invalidated the same licence that gives usage rights.
What you are assuming is that no one will sue someone for stealing this
intellectual property. That does not make the act less ilegal.
./Pedro.
