From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@elte.hu>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
Kendall Bennett <KendallB@scitechsoft.com>,
"'Andre Hedrick'" <andre@linux-ide.org>,
"'Arjan van de Ven'" <arjanv@redhat.com>,
Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 15:46:04 +0100 (CET) [thread overview]
Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.58.0312111526200.25165@earth> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20031211010327.GA27196@work.bitmover.com>
On Wed, 10 Dec 2003, Larry McVoy wrote:
> > > Not only that, I think the judge would have something to say about the
> > > fact that the modules interface is delibrately changed all the time
> > > with stated intent of breaking binary drivers.
> >
> > Where do you people _find_ these ideas?
>
> Oh, I don't know, years of reading this list maybe? Come on, Linus, do
> you really need me to go surfing around to find all the postings to the
> list where people were saying that's why change is good? I *know* you
> have said it. Don't play dumb, you have and you know it.
i challenge you to find such posts. What maybe might have happened is that
someone said "dont change this, it changes the module API" then someone
else said "that is not a good reason at all" - which is a perfectly
correct position. Maybe sometimes an interface was changed (or even
removed) because modules used it in a really unsafe way that lead to many
bogus bugreports and stability problems. I cant remember any instance of
pure "hey, lets change this function for fun and for breaking binary
modules".
i've been around here for a long time too and i find your accusation
insulting.
and even if someone did do something deliberately, it would be completely
legal, in fact, an action expressly protected by law. It is a
technological measure that effectively controls access to a work.
Deactivating an effective technological measure is against 17 USC 1201.
(the DMCA) Believe me, most kernel copyright holders are _a lot_ less anal
about their rights than they could be. Every time Congress makes copyright
laws stronger for Disney & co, the kernel copyright gets stronger too.
Ingo
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Thread overview: 275+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2003-12-04 23:50 Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Paul Adams
2003-12-05 0:07 ` Nick Piggin
2003-12-05 2:07 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-05 15:57 ` Thierry Vignaud
2003-12-05 4:23 ` Peter Chubb
2003-12-05 4:42 ` Nick Piggin
2003-12-05 8:23 ` Peter Chubb
2003-12-05 17:19 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 18:42 ` Jeremy Fitzhardinge
2003-12-05 5:13 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-12-05 5:26 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-05 6:34 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-05 6:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 11:16 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-05 13:34 ` Anders Karlsson
2003-12-05 14:03 ` Ryan Anderson
2003-12-05 16:38 ` Shawn Willden
2003-12-05 16:54 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-12-05 17:03 ` Shawn Willden
2003-12-05 22:36 ` Derek Fawcus
2003-12-05 17:34 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 17:35 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-05 18:12 ` Filip Van Raemdonck
2003-12-05 18:37 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-05 19:56 ` 'Filip Van Raemdonck'
2003-12-05 20:26 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-06 0:08 ` Filip Van Raemdonck
2003-12-05 19:55 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-05 20:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 21:16 ` Shawn Willden
2003-12-09 0:17 ` Kernel 2.6-test10 on an Opteron Ananda Bhattacharya
2003-12-09 12:16 ` Petr Sebor
2003-12-09 20:31 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-08 15:38 ` Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Jesse Pollard
2003-12-05 14:59 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-05 19:15 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-05 18:44 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-05 19:09 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-12-05 19:22 ` Arjan van de Ven
2003-12-10 13:52 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 15:18 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 15:32 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 16:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 16:34 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 17:10 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 17:25 ` Chris Friesen
2003-12-10 17:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 17:56 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 18:02 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 18:08 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 18:17 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 18:38 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 19:15 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-11 0:50 ` Driver API (was Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?) Hannu Savolainen
2003-12-11 4:01 ` Peter Chubb
2003-12-11 15:47 ` Jason Kingsland
2003-12-11 22:47 ` Peter Chubb
2003-12-11 10:06 ` viro
2003-12-11 12:47 ` Hannu Savolainen
2003-12-11 13:33 ` viro
2003-12-11 14:54 ` Hannu Savolainen
2003-12-10 18:37 ` Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Jan-Benedict Glaw
2003-12-10 19:51 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-10 20:09 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-11 1:24 ` Andrew Pimlott
2003-12-11 7:43 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-11 8:11 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-11 8:37 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-11 18:22 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-11 21:20 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-11 21:59 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-11 22:42 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-12 5:39 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-12 7:21 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-12 7:39 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-12 7:56 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-12 9:27 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-10 18:14 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-10 18:21 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 19:48 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-11 7:32 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-11 14:03 ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2003-12-10 22:49 ` Oliver Hunt
2003-12-10 17:15 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-10 17:42 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 19:32 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 22:43 ` Jason Kingsland
2003-12-10 22:49 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 23:11 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 23:24 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 19:48 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-10 21:15 ` viro
2003-12-10 22:36 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-10 23:13 ` viro
2003-12-11 15:29 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-11 18:47 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-11 18:55 ` Nick Piggin
2003-12-11 22:18 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-10 22:18 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 22:25 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 23:38 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-11 1:03 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-11 14:46 ` Ingo Molnar [this message]
2003-12-10 23:39 ` Andrea Arcangeli
2003-12-11 17:44 ` Robin Rosenberg
2003-12-11 17:56 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-12-11 18:16 ` Nick Piggin
2003-12-11 18:50 ` Mihai RUSU
2003-12-11 18:37 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-11 12:04 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-10 17:49 ` Jörn Engel
2003-12-10 18:16 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-05 19:25 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-05 19:26 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 15:50 ` Valdis.Kletnieks
2003-12-05 18:44 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-06 0:02 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-12-05 18:44 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-10 13:16 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 15:02 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-10 20:37 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-12-11 16:26 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-05 13:52 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-12-05 0:09 ` Oliver Hunt
2003-12-05 10:55 ` Russell King
2003-12-05 0:46 ` Erik Andersen
2003-12-05 0:58 ` Zwane Mwaikambo
2003-12-05 1:03 ` Erik Andersen
2003-12-05 1:21 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-05 1:30 ` Hua Zhong
2003-12-05 1:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-06 3:00 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-06 4:39 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-06 5:14 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-06 5:48 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-06 17:14 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-06 15:38 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-12-06 16:47 ` Jason Kingsland
2003-12-06 21:30 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-06 21:42 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-07 13:01 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-07 22:11 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-06 14:13 ` Andrew Pimlott
2003-12-06 17:50 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-06 21:19 ` Theodore Ts'o
2003-12-06 21:45 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-08 16:34 ` Andrew Pimlott
2003-12-11 12:37 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-11 12:42 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-11 12:58 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-12 20:26 ` Brian Beattie
2003-12-13 12:03 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-13 15:04 ` jeff millar
2003-12-13 17:27 ` Gene Heskett
2003-12-14 0:51 ` Linux, Inc. (Re: Linux GPL and binary module exception clause?) Andre Hedrick
2003-12-14 1:06 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-14 2:40 ` David S. Miller
2003-12-14 2:37 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-14 6:55 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-14 6:35 ` Rob Landley
2003-12-11 13:54 ` Linux GPL and binary module exception clause? Andrew Pimlott
2003-12-11 15:12 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-05 3:58 ` Jason Kingsland
2003-12-05 1:58 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-05 4:58 ` Erik Andersen
2003-12-05 6:34 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-05 6:43 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 2:07 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-05 7:39 ` Stefan Smietanowski
2003-12-05 1:47 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 12:57 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 15:14 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 15:25 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 18:58 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-12 19:40 ` Pavel Machek
2003-12-12 22:08 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-12 23:06 ` Jamie Lokier
2003-12-12 23:43 ` Pavel Machek
2003-12-15 18:01 ` Adam Sampson
2003-12-15 21:12 ` Andre Hedrick
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2003-12-09 13:22 ` Andrew Walrond
2003-12-09 14:12 ` Dale Whitchurch
2003-12-09 20:47 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-09 23:47 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-10 14:30 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-10 14:17 ` Jesse Pollard
2003-12-10 16:10 ` Richard B. Johnson
2003-12-10 17:58 ` Andre Hedrick
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2003-12-03 23:33 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-03 23:40 ` bill davidsen
2003-12-04 0:00 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-04 0:23 ` Linus Torvalds
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2003-12-06 0:08 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-06 2:28 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-06 9:55 ` David Woodhouse
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2003-12-08 18:58 ` Karim Yaghmour
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2003-12-12 15:27 ` Bill Davidsen
2003-12-10 14:09 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 14:25 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-10 14:46 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 15:05 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-10 15:11 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 15:49 ` Aron Rubin
2003-12-10 15:59 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-10 16:06 ` Larry McVoy
2003-12-10 16:22 ` David Woodhouse
2003-12-10 18:38 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-04 19:24 ` viro
2003-12-13 0:11 ` Nix
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2003-12-04 0:52 ` Aaron Smith
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2003-12-04 15:21 ` Jason Kingsland
2003-12-04 15:58 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-05 1:58 ` David Schwartz
2003-12-05 2:43 ` Jason Kingsland
2003-12-05 13:09 ` Pat Erley
2003-12-05 18:44 ` Kendall Bennett
2003-12-10 13:06 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-05 13:49 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2003-12-10 13:43 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 16:07 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 18:33 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 19:20 ` Linus Torvalds
2003-12-10 20:15 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 21:04 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-10 21:05 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-10 21:17 ` Ingo Molnar
2003-12-10 22:59 ` Andre Hedrick
2003-12-11 0:58 ` Rob Love
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