Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2001 15:29:41 -0500 | From | Timur Tabi <> | Subject | Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic |
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** Reply to message from "Eric S. Raymond" <esr@thyrsus.com> on Thu, 21 Jun 2001 16:13:22 -0400
> Linus *is*, however, implicitly claiming the authority to make license > policy on behalf of the other copyright holders in cases where the GPL > is unclear.
And that could be dangerous to "GPL purists", because in a legal situation, someone could point at Linus and say, "See, I don't have to GPL my code."
> In COPYING, Linus says that that the version of GPL applying to the > kernel is v2 unless explicitly otherwise stated. He has also already > issued the interpretation that normal system calls from userland do > not create a derivation relationship.
I just hope that's enough.
> I consider Linus to have the moral right to make these decisions, whether > or not the law gives him a formal legal right to do so. All I have done > is propose that he be more explicit about his policy in order to prevent > needless confusion and nervousness.
I agree completely.
-- Timur Tabi - ttabi@interactivesi.com Interactive Silicon - http://www.interactivesi.com
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