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    SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
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    On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 04:26:34PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
    > If the bug is in the non-GPLed BIOS, not in the GPLed code, too bad.
    > One more reason to dislike non-Free Software.

    Maybe the Tivo only loading signed kernels is a bug in their bios. :)

    > The freedom the GPL defends is not the freedom to modify and debug the
    > system, but rather the covered software.
    >
    > Now, if you find evidence that the "bug" is actually intentionally put
    > there to stop you from doing what you wanted with the software, then
    > there's clearly a violation of the spirit of the license, and you
    > might even have a case of copyright infringement, but IANAL.

    There are many interesting bugs out there. Who is to say what was
    intensional?

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    Len Sorensen
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