Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

[Stephen Clark]

David Schwartz wrote:

> > On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:55:10 -0700
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> > "David Schwartz" <davids@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> > > A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither
> > > statements nor
> > > instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is
> > > really and
> > > truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on.
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> > A computer program is a number too.
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> No, it's not. It can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number.
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??? can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number ???
sure its a number.

> Keys are purely numbers, they are nothing else. Signatures are pure
> primitive facts encoded as numbers (authority X blessed object Y).
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> A computer program is a set of instructions to accomplish a particular
> result. It can be expressed as a number, but that doesn't mean it is a
> number.
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> It might be true in principle to develop a scheme whereby every physical
> object uniquely corresponds to an extremely large number. That doesn't turn
> physical objects into numbers.
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> DS
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