Re: GPL only modules

From: "Horst H. von Brand" <vonbrand@inf.utfsm.cl>
To: Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk>
Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@osdl.org>,
	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>,
	Ricardo Galli <gallir@gmail.com>,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL only modules
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 10:09:36 -0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <200612191309.kBJD9aRk021171@laptop13.inf.utfsm.cl> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Message from Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk>  of "19 Dec 2006 08:00:00 -0000." <r6odq02u4f.fsf@skye.ra.phy.cam.ac.uk>

Sanjoy Mahajan <sanjoy@mrao.cam.ac.uk> wrote:
> Linus Torvalds wrote:
> > That said, I think they are still pushing the "you don't have any
> > rights unless we give you additional rights explicitly" angle a bit
> > too hard.
> 
> From section 2 (GPLv3, draft 2):
> 
>  This License acknowledges your rights of "fair use" or other
>  equivalent, as provided by copyright law. 
> 
> By choosing 'acknowledges' as the verb, the licensee says explicitly
> that fair-use rights are already yours, not that they are being given
> to you.

Pure noise, a license can't take them away in any case.

[That is my pet pevee with GPL: It has a bit of legally binding text, and
 lots of "explanation" and "philosophy" that don't add anything but
 confusion. A clear-cut license plus an explanation/comment would have been
 better. IMHO, IANAL. HAND.]
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