From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266166AbUHSNn5 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:43:57 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266170AbUHSNn4 (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:43:56 -0400 Received: from the-village.bc.nu ([81.2.110.252]:14211 "EHLO localhost.localdomain") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266169AbUHSNnV (ORCPT ); Thu, 19 Aug 2004 09:43:21 -0400 Subject: Re: PATCH: cdrecord: avoiding scsi device numbering for ide devices From: Alan Cox To: Joerg Schilling Cc: kernel@wildsau.enemy.org, diablod3@gmail.com, Linux Kernel Mailing List In-Reply-To: <4124A024.nail7X62HZNBB@burner> References: <200408041233.i74CX93f009939@wildsau.enemy.org> <4124A024.nail7X62HZNBB@burner> Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <1092919260.28141.30.camel@localhost.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2) Date: Thu, 19 Aug 2004 13:41:01 +0100 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Iau, 2004-08-19 at 13:42, Joerg Schilling wrote: > A program is an artwork (this is what the European Union did write into laws). It's a "literary work". Not sure if the Germans call it something different ansd "artwork" is a translation. Artwork means something different in English (painting, picture, drawing). > Even though you may get the permission to modify an artwork, you will not get > the permission to create bad carricatures and call them just "modified > versions". The GPL gives modification rights explicitly and doesn't say "except ones I don't like". The GPL addresses this issue in a different manner a) You must cause the modified files to carry prominent notices stating that you changed the files and the date of any change. Any SuSE (or Red Hat or other) modifications should thus clearly state they are modified. If people are not marking the files as modified and you want them to you'd have a legitimate rant. Secondly I think you would find it hard to argue that the SuSE one is a bad caricature given existing user interface knowledge, or that it harmed your reputation given your behaviour in the past. Fortunately free software has a mechanism for bypassing problems as XFree86 4.4 demonstrated so elegantly.