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David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> said: [...] > But you don't need to distribute the rights to the Linux kernel > because already already has the rights to the Linux kernel. Yes, because they got them from someone. > And when > you say you "get sources .. under the GPL", you're implying that you > have to assent to the GPL to get sources, but you don't. The GPL is > not a shrink-wrap agreement and you don't have to assent to it just > to receive or use sources. Right. > There is no distribution issue because > everyone already has the right to possess and use every GPL'd work, > so there are no rights to distribute. Maybe putting a binary up on FTP or giving it to you on a CD can't be taken legally as agreeing to GPL, but I'd consider that rather far-fetched. AFAIU, if I have a copyright on something I have the legal right to stop anybody from using it against my will, a license is just an expression of what I allow you to do. GPL is a license using copyright, it just gives everybody the right to do as they please and only restricts redistribution. In any case, IANAL. And I believe you aren't either, so this discussion is irrelevant. Get a lawyer versed in this stuff to check out your theory. -- Dr. Horst H. von Brand User #22616 counter.li.org Departamento de Informatica Fono: +56 32 654431 Universidad Tecnica Federico Santa Maria +56 32 654239 Casilla 110-V, Valparaiso, Chile Fax: +56 32 797513 - 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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