On Wed, 20 Nov 2002, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 10:57:58AM -0800, Andre Hedrick wrote:
> > On 20 Nov 2002, Alan Cox wrote:
> >
> > > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 04:26, Ross Vandegrift wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Nov 20, 2002 at 12:59:26AM -0200, Rik van Riel wrote:
> > > > > You can copyright songs, but not individual musical notes.
> > > > >
> > > > > Likewise, snippets of code aren't copyrightable if they're below
> > > > > a certain "triviality size".
> > > >
> > > > I don't pretend to be current on all the issues involved, but I've
> > > > always been under the impression that Linus has insisted that
> > > > binary-only drivers aren't derived works, with respect to the GPL.
> > >
> > > Linus has said much the reverse if you look back. Being a module doesnt
> > > make it not a derivative work. In some ways thats not even directly
> > > relevant
> >
> > The double negative unwrapped:
> >
> > "Being a module doesnt make it not a derivative work."
> >
> > 'Being a module does (not) make it not a derivative work.'
> > 'Being a module does (not) make it (not) a derivative work.'
> >
> > 'Being a module does make it a derivative work.'
> >
> > Is this the intent of the statement?
>
> That's faulty grammar and faulty logic. "A" does not require "not B".
>
> --
> Daniel Jacobowitz
> MontaVista Software Debian GNU/Linux Developer
So fix the intent and make it clear.
I am not an english major.
I generally try to keep you disk storage alive.
Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group
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