From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S263494AbTDXL11 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:27:27 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S263497AbTDXL11 (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:27:27 -0400 Received: from lmail.actcom.co.il ([192.114.47.13]:39578 "EHLO smtp1.actcom.net.il") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S263494AbTDXL1Z (ORCPT ); Thu, 24 Apr 2003 07:27:25 -0400 Message-ID: <3EA7CCD3.7090603@shemesh.biz> Date: Thu, 24 Apr 2003 14:38:59 +0300 From: Shachar Shemesh User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.3) Gecko/20030327 Debian/1.3-4 X-Accept-Language: en, he MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Russell King CC: Arjan van de Ven , Linus Torvalds , Kernel Mailing List Subject: Re: Flame Linus to a crisp! References: <1051174641.1385.4.camel@laptop.fenrus.com> <20030424101903.C9597@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> In-Reply-To: <20030424101903.C9597@flint.arm.linux.org.uk> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Russell King wrote: >You just arrange for the script to detect whether a private key is >present. If none exists, it asks the user whether they want to generate >a private key, and then calls gpg with the relevant options to do so. > >The private key isn't part of the script, nor is it a requirement to >be able to (successfully) run the script. > >Note that the GPL does not say whether the output from the installation >script has to be usable with the target hardware. > > > >On Thu, Apr 24, 2003 at 10:57:21AM +0200, Arjan van de Ven wrote: > > >For an executable work, complete source code means all the source code >for all modules it contains, plus any associated interface definition >files, plus the scripts used to control compilation and installation of >the executable. > > Wouldn't "control ... installation" include the keys too? IANAL, but I am on the board of an NPO that advocates Free and Open Source Software, and that NPO has a lawyer (who is VERY familiar with the GPL). Would it make sense to ask him? After all, that merely means what one lawyer would say. -- Shachar Shemesh Open Source integration consultant Home page & resume - http://www.shemesh.biz/