On Jun 21, 2007, "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:55:10 -0700 >> "David Schwartz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither >> > statements nor >> > instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is >> > really and >> > truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on. >> A computer program is a number too. > No, it's not. It can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number. By this logic, then a key is a key, and a signature is a signature. They can be expressed as numbers, sure. > A computer program is a set of instructions to accomplish a particular > result. It can be expressed as a number, but that doesn't mean it is a > number. A key is an input to a cryptographical algorithm, and a signature is an output. I could try to come up with more creative definitions, but you get the idea already. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer [EMAIL PROTECTED], gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist [EMAIL PROTECTED], gnu.org} - 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/
