Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Linux Kernel and GPL section 2c | From | Jeremy Maitin-Shepard <> | Date | Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:43:32 -0500 |
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Kendrick Hamilton <hamilton@sedsystems.ca> writes:
> Hello all, > I noticed the discussion about linux kernel modules that happened last > week. I was wondering about something with regards to the linux kernel and > Section 2c of the GPL. Why doesn't the kernel on booting print something > about the kernel being free software licensed under the GPL, and shouldn't > it?
Presumably, 1) the kernel as a whole is not a "modified" work, but rather at least parts of it are the original work, 2) it does not read commands interactively when run, 3) it does not normally print such announcements.
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