ines" correctly.
2. Possibly include the user level software FTPable from
Yggdrasil, although be warned that that code will probably
be replaced in the near future to use an input file
format more compatible with other development tool
ol/ezusb/). He likes
the patch. He just needs to be convinced to tell Linus to put
it into 2.4, and then this problem reduces theoretically to the
FTP mirrors that want to be careful avoiding the tainted kernel
releases.
Freeing the keyspan firmware would be nice too, of course,
but it
ng. I think Alan has implied a couple of times that he will not
be convinced until somebody goes to a lawyer. That's why I have lately
not considered it a likely effective use of my time to respond to him
personally on this issue.
Adam J. Richter __ __ 4880 Stevens
t, FTP mirroring, etc. For
example, ftp://ftp.yggdrasil.com/pub/linux/kernel/v2.{3,4} is closed
to avoid infringing.
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cess does this for the keyspan.o file. Secondly, I think there may
be an indirect or contributory infringement issue from distributing
such kernel sources with the reasonable expectation that many
recipients will compile and unknowingly illegally copy keyspan.o
as a re
Edmund GRIMLEY EVANS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Adam J. Richter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
>>You might wonder why am I also concerned about distribution
>> of the kernel _sources_. First of all, I believe that there may be a
>> contributory infringement p
ill compile and unknowingly illegally copy keyspan.o
|as a result.
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r library (this includes more than
just GPL'ed programs,
>2. If so, is it appropriate to put a notice in the copyright file for foo
>that this library links with a GPL library and thus any software that links
>with foo must be GPL-compatible?
As a matter of politene
issions are a superset of the GPL's, the work can be described
as licensed as a whole under the GPL.
As always, I am not a lawyer, so please do not rely on this
as legal advice.
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ot;, you will notice that the word
"sublicense" DOES NOT APPEAR in the X11 license, and the FSF gets
very good legal advice. I know that one person who provides legal
advice to them is a law professor at Columbia University.
Adam J. Richter __ __ 4880 Stevens Cre
>> link labelled "The X11 license", you will notice that the word
>> "sublicense" DOES NOT APPEAR in the X11 license,
>I have no idea why the FSF's site would have a different text for the X11
>license than the Debian pckage or the xfree86 website.
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