On Thu, 14 Jun 2007 19:45:08 -0400 Bill Nottingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Alexandre Oliva ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 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) Alan - 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/