From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751850AbXBVUax (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:30:53 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751851AbXBVUax (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:30:53 -0500 Received: from keil-draco.com ([216.193.185.50]:50481 "EHLO mail" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751850AbXBVUaw (ORCPT ); Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:30:52 -0500 From: "D. Hazelton" To: Theodore Tso Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Date: Thu, 22 Feb 2007 15:30:32 -0500 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.5 Cc: "Michael K. Edwards" , David Lang , davids@webmaster.com, v j , trent.waddington@gmail.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , Neil Brown References: <3d57814d0702191458l1021caeyaefd7775398c5f2a@mail.gmail.com> <200702212317.16262.dhazelton@enter.net> <20070222164522.GB15659@thunk.org> In-Reply-To: <20070222164522.GB15659@thunk.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200702221530.32463.dhazelton@enter.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thursday 22 February 2007 11:45, Theodore Tso wrote: > But saying that just by licensing your code under the GPL means that > the FSF owns your code? That's just crazy talk. > > - Ted Actually, I've replied with private messages to several mails that arrived in reply to this explaining that the copyright clause I noted does, in fact, refer to the person releasing the code and the FSF. However, because it is located in the preamble and outside the terms of the license it has no legal bearing. As I've noted in those private mails, I pointed it out because I could see the FSF (in the person of Eben Moglen (or another attorney)) using it in a strong-arm tactic to gain copyright to the code. DRH