> > Not one person is claiming they have a patent on whatever it is that > > V J's company is putting out (especially since we have no idea what > > that might be). Patents != copyright. > > That's exactly what they're doing. Knowing only the *function* of his > program, they are claiming it must obey their licensing terms. They have no > idea exactly how he chose to implement that function, but claim they must > own it anyway.
They are not claiming ownership of his code. They are claiming ownership of THEIR code. V J is taking their code, adding on to it and selling the result. Without the GPL, V J cannot legally do this. With the GPL, he can legally do this IF he also gives out the complete source. I fail to see how anything you are saying absolves him of this requirement. Joshua Simmons - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
