On Tue, Jul 16, 2002 at 01:51:05PM -0700, Walter Landry wrote: > Absolutely. Debian distributes modified kernels, and I know that we > didn't ask for permission from Linus or the thousands of other > copyright holders. In fact, some of the modifications were made > against the express wish of some of the copyright holders.
I hasten to add that our modifications are legally permitted under the terms of the copyright license, which is the GNU GPL. Again, we see a distinction between "that which the copyright holder permits" and "that which the copyright holder thinks is a good idea". -- G. Branden Robinson | Debian GNU/Linux | If encryption is outlawed, only [EMAIL PROTECTED] | outlaws will @goH7Ok=<q4fDj]Kz?. http://people.debian.org/~branden/ |
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