Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 24 Apr 2003 20:46:35 +0300 | From | Shachar Shemesh <> | Subject | Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! |
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Shachar Shemesh wrote:
> Wouldn't "control ... installation" include the keys too? > > IANAL, but I am on the board of an NPO that advocates Free and Open > Source Software, and that NPO has a lawyer (who is VERY familiar with > the GPL). Would it make sense to ask him? After all, that merely means > what one lawyer would say. > Ok, so I did. The gist of it - a very quick analysis said "no, it does not cover the keys". You can now return to your usual debate.
More in details, the keys seem like a late addition to the already compiled kernel, have a standalone existance, and are not even code, and can therefor not be considered "deriviative work".
-- Shachar Shemesh Open Source integration consultant Home page & resume - http://www.shemesh.biz/
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