From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750833AbWBBSuF (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:50:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750900AbWBBSuF (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:50:05 -0500 Received: from mustang.oldcity.dca.net ([216.158.38.3]:12681 "HELO mustang.oldcity.dca.net") by vger.kernel.org with SMTP id S1750833AbWBBSuD (ORCPT ); Thu, 2 Feb 2006 13:50:03 -0500 Subject: Re: GPL V3 and Linux - Dead Copyright Holders From: Lee Revell To: Ian Kester-Haney Cc: linux-kernel In-Reply-To: <441e43c90602021013j6edb2fa6m1142ef255040106d@mail.gmail.com> References: <200601302301.04582.brcha@users.sourceforge.net> <43E0E282.1000908@opersys.com> <43E1C55A.7090801@drzeus.cx> <1138891081.9861.4.camel@localhost.localdomain> <43E23C79.8050606@drzeus.cx> <441e43c90602021013j6edb2fa6m1142ef255040106d@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Thu, 02 Feb 2006 13:49:58 -0500 Message-Id: <1138906199.15691.54.camel@mindpipe> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.5.90 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Thu, 2006-02-02 at 12:13 -0600, Ian Kester-Haney wrote: > On 2/2/06, Linus Torvalds wrote: > All this boils down to is a linking argument. Nvidia releases closed > sorce drivers that link to the kernel as a module. Many kernel users > have nvidia cards or even ati cards. Under GPLv3 at first glance > these will have to be implemented without the kernel linking that > gives them their good performance. Same for DVDs and other Media with > DRM or other copyright measures. Free Software cannot include the > tools to view this content as GPL in any circumstance and any argument > to the contrary is baseless. What nvidia is doing is already illegal under the GPLv2. Lee