From: Rick Hohensee <humbubba@smarty.smart.net>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic
Date: Thu, 21 Jun 2001 23:05:13 -0400 (EDT) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <200106220305.XAA15554@smarty.smart.net> (raw)
andrew@pimlott.ne.mediaone.net (Andrew Pimlott)
>I agree entirely that Linus, as creator of the license, is
>privileged with respect to interpretation of the license. I
Richard Stallman is the creator of the license. It's his greatest work.
Linus is in no way priviledged as to interpretation of it, other than
tolerance on the part of the parties that own the copyright to the
license.
The GPL is about "the program". As far as I'm concerned, modules are the
kernel, "the program". The way to stem any panic that may exist, if you
want to allow binary-only modules (which sucks*, but whatever), is to LGPL
or "KGPL" the kernel. What is being allowed now is in violation of the
GPL.
Rick Hohensee
www.clienux.com
*How 'bout a nice binary-only Forth running the kernel? Metacompiling
kernel routines into the Forth dictionary and such. Sound creepy? Good.
next reply other threads:[~2001-06-22 2:55 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 40+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-22 3:05 Rick Hohensee [this message]
2001-06-22 4:05 ` Controversy over dynamic linking -- how to end the panic kumon
2001-06-23 22:29 ` Scott Wood
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-21 21:43 Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 19:25 Jesse Pollard
2001-06-21 19:22 Disconnect
2001-06-21 19:24 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 18:14 Eric S. Raymond
2001-06-21 18:30 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 19:17 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-06-21 19:51 ` Andrew Pimlott
2001-06-21 20:13 ` Eric S. Raymond
2001-06-21 20:17 ` David S. Miller
2001-06-21 20:46 ` Andrew Pimlott
2001-06-21 21:02 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 21:05 ` Andrew Pimlott
2001-06-21 21:17 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 20:29 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 18:39 ` Jeff Golds
2001-06-21 18:51 ` Jeff Mahoney
2001-06-21 20:02 ` Steve Brueggeman
2001-06-21 18:46 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 19:03 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 19:53 ` Erik Mouw
2001-06-21 19:04 ` Mike Harrold
2001-06-21 19:14 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 20:12 ` Marco Colombo
2001-06-21 21:14 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 20:31 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 19:08 ` Timur Tabi
2001-06-21 19:17 ` Alexander Viro
2001-06-21 20:01 ` Wei Weng
2001-06-21 19:06 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-21 19:34 ` Jonathan Lundell
2001-06-21 20:17 ` D. Stimits
2001-06-22 11:32 ` Rob Landley
2001-06-21 20:34 ` Craig Milo Rogers
2001-06-22 1:29 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2001-06-22 10:44 ` David Woodhouse
2001-06-23 20:11 ` Fabrice Gautier
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