From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 22:39:16 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 22:39:06 -0400 Received: from sdsl-208-184-147-195.dsl.sjc.megapath.net ([208.184.147.195]:5738 "EHLO bitmover.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 May 2001 22:38:58 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 19:38:56 -0700 From: Larry McVoy To: "Adam J. Richter" Cc: lm@bitmover.com, aaronl@vitelus.com, acahalan@cs.uml.edu, dledford@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: Copyright infringement in linux/drivers/usb/serial/keyspan*fw.h Message-ID: <20010525193856.B27975@work.bitmover.com> Mail-Followup-To: "Adam J. Richter" , lm@bitmover.com, aaronl@vitelus.com, acahalan@cs.uml.edu, dledford@redhat.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <200105260234.TAA15586@baldur.yggdrasil.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0.1i In-Reply-To: <200105260234.TAA15586@baldur.yggdrasil.com>; from adam@yggdrasil.com on Fri, May 25, 2001 at 07:34:57PM -0700 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, May 25, 2001 at 07:34:57PM -0700, Adam J. Richter wrote: > Contracts for slavery are specifically not enforceable due to > the 13th Amendment, and there is also a stronger question of formation Completely misses the point. THe point isn't about slavery, come on, Adam, it's about putting unenforceable things into contracts. It's also about the concept of boundaries - if you think that that concept is not a legal one then why aren't all programs which are run on top of a GPLed kernel then GPLed? -- --- Larry McVoy lm at bitmover.com http://www.bitmover.com/lm