From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S271905AbTGRVlb (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:41:31 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S270408AbTGRVki (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:40:38 -0400 Received: from turing-police.cc.vt.edu ([128.173.14.107]:61573 "EHLO turing-police.cc.vt.edu") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S271859AbTGRVjp (ORCPT ); Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:39:45 -0400 Message-Id: <200307182154.h6ILscq3011620@turing-police.cc.vt.edu> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.6.3 04/04/2003 with nmh-1.0.4+dev To: Alan Cox Cc: Larry McVoy , Richard Stallman , Linux Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Bitkeeper In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:23:30 BST." <1058563409.19511.74.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> From: Valdis.Kletnieks@vt.edu References: <20030718204405.GA658@work.bitmover.com> <1058563409.19511.74.camel@dhcp22.swansea.linux.org.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="==_Exmh_1235549619P"; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2003 17:54:38 -0400 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --==_Exmh_1235549619P Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 22:23:30 BST, Alan Cox said: > Actually your license is simply irrelevant in most of thre world. You > aren't allowed to forbid reverse engineering for interoperability. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=linux-kernel&m=100374609914587&w=2 2.2.20pre11 o Security fixes | Details censored in accordance with the US DMCA And there's the resignation letter from ALS from a certain LKML regular, too.... Now what's this about the "simply irrelevant"? Now admittedly the DMCA issues were on the criminal side of the legal system rather than the civil side, but the same "You land at the airport and have a chat with the sheriff's deputy" issue still applies - it's merely a lawsuit rather than an arrest warrant... --==_Exmh_1235549619P Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Exmh version 2.5 07/13/2001 iD8DBQE/GGydcC3lWbTT17ARAqp/AKDH+voVGNAKcTPR36u/I4kIQfQQaACeOc/k DAIvL7Uixa7S/DcGW+ZzthQ= =X53n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --==_Exmh_1235549619P--