* Linux GPL becomes unenforcable?
@ 2012-02-01 7:39 Matthias Urlichs
2012-02-01 7:45 ` David Miller
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From: Matthias Urlichs @ 2012-02-01 7:39 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: linux-kernel
Yesterday I chatted with a lawyer friend of mine, prompted by blog posts like
http://www.elpauer.org/?p=1146 .
Basically, she said that it's becoming more and more likely that the kernel GPL
will not be enforceable in the not-too-distant-future, simply because nobody is
doing it right now.
Disclaimer: He was not on retainer, at least not by me, so this should not be
construed as a legal fact. (But she convinced me.)
So what to do? Do we just admit defeat? Or will a few of the major contributors
allow the SFLC <http://www.softwarefreedom.org> to intercede?
Personally I'm very unhappy that [censored] companies like Sony try to prevent
my burning a copy of their DVD -- there's no other way to skip the eternity of
unrelated bulls*it -- yet they openly solicit co-authors for a Busybox
replacement. Because *that* copyleft *is* enforced.
Sorry, but I want our kernel to stay free. And I want that kind of double
standard to stop.
I'm going to contact them today, but the one module I wrote isn't likely to be
included in any of these devices. So would a couple of people whose contribution
*is* relevant please step forward?
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* Re: Linux GPL becomes unenforcable?
2012-02-01 7:39 Linux GPL becomes unenforcable? Matthias Urlichs
@ 2012-02-01 7:45 ` David Miller
2012-02-01 8:46 ` Matthias Urlichs
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From: David Miller @ 2012-02-01 7:45 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: matthias; +Cc: linux-kernel
troll alert
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* Re: Linux GPL becomes unenforcable?
2012-02-01 7:45 ` David Miller
@ 2012-02-01 8:46 ` Matthias Urlichs
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From: Matthias Urlichs @ 2012-02-01 8:46 UTC (permalink / raw)
To: David Miller; +Cc: linux-kernel
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Hi,
David Miller:
>
> troll alert
You would be wrong.
… and I was being stupid, unfortunately.
Upon re-reading: s/SFLC/SFC, http://sfconservancy.org.
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