Re: 463 kernel developers missing!

[Jon Smirl]

On 7/30/08, Alan Cox <alan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 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?

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Jon Smirl
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