Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules

From: Jon Portnoy (portnoy@tellink.net)
Date: Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:24:03 EST


Blatantly false. Have you even _read_ the GPL? It doesn't seem that way -
in which case why are you discussing it?

Please get your facts straight. While you're at it, please avoid making
yourself look like an idiot in the future.

On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, archaios wrote:

> When you GPL a piece of software, you sign over your rights to the FSF. Therefore, there is very little that can be done about this;
> from a legal perspective, the FSF _itself_ determines what is and what isn't construed as a derived work.
>
> - David McIlwraith
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ross Vandegrift <ross@willow.seitz.com>
> To: Rik van Riel <riel@conectiva.com.br>
> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 20, 2002 3:26 PM
> Subject: Re: spinlocks, the GPL, and binary-only modules
>
>
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:59:26AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
[snip]

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