Messages in this thread | | | From | Rob Landley <> | Subject | Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? | Date | Thu, 11 Dec 2003 01:32:06 -0600 |
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On Wednesday 10 December 2003 10:34, Larry McVoy wrote: > On Wed, Dec 10, 2003 at 08:21:52AM -0800, Linus Torvalds wrote: > > There's a fundamental difference between "plugins" and "kernel modules": > > intent. > > Which is? How is it that you can spend a page of text saying a judge > doesn't care about technicalities and then base the rest of your argument > on the distinction between a "plugin" and a "kernel module"?
Because there are distinctions that aren't technicalities?
Strange but true...
Rob
(I'm driving 55 MPH on the freeway. I'm driving 55 MPH in a 35 MPH zone. I'm driving 55 MPH through the middle of a crowded shopping mall... Same action, same tools, three different contexts. One is legal, one gets you a ticket, one gets you serious jail time. The law's full of this sort of thing...) - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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