From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261217AbTLHSli (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:41:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261270AbTLHSli (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:41:38 -0500 Received: from sccrmhc12.comcast.net ([204.127.202.56]:30347 "EHLO sccrmhc12.comcast.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261217AbTLHSlh (ORCPT ); Mon, 8 Dec 2003 13:41:37 -0500 To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Kendrick Hamilton Subject: Re: Linux Kernel and GPL section 2c References: <3FD4BF6E.7070503@sedsystems.ca> From: Jeremy Maitin-Shepard Date: Mon, 08 Dec 2003 13:43:32 -0500 In-Reply-To: <3FD4BF6E.7070503@sedsystems.ca> (Kendrick Hamilton's message of "Mon, 08 Dec 2003 12:14:06 -0600") Message-ID: <87ptezgnfv.fsf@jay.local.invalid> User-Agent: Gnus/5.1003 (Gnus v5.10.3) Emacs/21.3.50 (gnu/linux) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Kendrick Hamilton writes: > Hello all, > I noticed the discussion about linux kernel modules that happened last > week. I was wondering about something with regards to the linux kernel and > Section 2c of the GPL. Why doesn't the kernel on booting print something > about the kernel being free software licensed under the GPL, and shouldn't > it? Presumably, 1) the kernel as a whole is not a "modified" work, but rather at least parts of it are the original work, 2) it does not read commands interactively when run, 3) it does not normally print such announcements. -- Jeremy Maitin-Shepard