On Wed, 25 Jan 2006 13:40:35 -0500 Benj. Mako Hill wrote:
> Right. Moglen thinks that blobs in the kernel source are non-free but
> not GPL violations. Unfortunately, I think the contentious issue lies
> in his first claim, not the second.
I'm not sure I parse you correctly.
Are you saying that t
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next
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> Moglen:
>
> I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the
> kernel. If the kernel's terms were unambiguously GPL, which they are
> apparently not, (proprietary drivers) would be forbidden. The
> blobs--though
On 23 Jan 2006 16:14:00 +0100, Claus Färber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote:
> > [blobs] From the point of view of the GPL work called the Linux
> > kernel, they're just data.
>
> Apart from the fact that the data is meant to be executed by some
> computi
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb/wrote:
> [blobs] From the point of view of the GPL work called the Linux
> kernel, they're just data.
Apart from the fact that the data is meant to be executed by some
computing device, it does not matter if you call it a program or just
data. The GPL requi
On Sat, Jan 21, 2006 at 12:18:06AM +, M?ns Rullg?rd wrote:
> Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
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> > http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next
> >
> > Moglen:
> >
> > I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the
> > kernel. If the kernel's terms
Marco d'Itri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> http://news.zdnet.com/2100-9595_22-6028746-2.html?tag=st.next
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> Moglen:
>
> I would distinguish the blobs from the proprietary drivers in the
> kernel. If the kernel's terms were unambiguously GPL, which they are
> apparently not, (proprietary drivers)
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