Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 00:56:59 +0100 | From | Alan Cox <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:45:08 -0400 Bill Nottingham <notting@redhat.com> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva (aoliva@redhat.com) said: > > And since the specific implementation involves creating a derived work > > of the GPLed kernel (the signature, or the signed image, or what have > > you) > > Wait, a signed filesystem image that happens to contain GPL code > is now a derived work? Under what sort of interpretation does *that* > occur? > > (This pretty much throws the 'aggregation' premise in GPLv2 completely > out.)
Perhaps the FSF will in future remember to pack a copy of the GPL in each of its md5sum files on the mirror if this is a derivative work, and modify the bittorrent protocol to include a copy of the GPL in the seed files 8)
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