Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

Lennart Sorensen
2007-06-20T13:41:57Z

On Fri, Jun 15, 2007 at 04:26:34PM -0300, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> If the bug is in the non-GPLed BIOS, not in the GPLed code, too bad.
> One more reason to dislike non-Free Software.

Maybe the Tivo only loading signed kernels is a bug in their bios. :)

> The freedom the GPL defends is not the freedom to modify and debug the
> system, but rather the covered software.
>
> Now, if you find evidence that the "bug" is actually intentionally put
> there to stop you from doing what you wanted with the software, then
> there's clearly a violation of the spirit of the license, and you
> might even have a case of copyright infringement, but IANAL.

There are many interesting bugs out there. Who is to say what was
intensional?

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Len Sorensen