From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1759093AbXF1Epk (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:45:40 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752310AbXF1Epb (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:45:31 -0400 Received: from lsd-gw.ic.unicamp.br ([143.106.7.165]:35612 "EHLO boneca.lsd.ic.unicamp.br" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751949AbXF1Epb (ORCPT ); Thu, 28 Jun 2007 00:45:31 -0400 To: Daniel Hazelton Cc: davids@webmaster.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: how about mutual compatibility between Linux's GPLv2 and GPLv3? References: <200706272251.48884.dhazelton@enter.net> From: Alexandre Oliva Date: Thu, 28 Jun 2007 01:45:18 -0300 In-Reply-To: <200706272251.48884.dhazelton@enter.net> (Daniel Hazelton's message of "Wed\, 27 Jun 2007 22\:51\:48 -0400") Message-ID: User-Agent: Gnus/5.11 (Gnus v5.11) Emacs/22.1 (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 On Jun 27, 2007, Daniel Hazelton wrote: > Section 3 doesn't apply to this situation. However, other sections > do. They are distributing in line with the distribution requirement, > but not the "modification and copying" requirements. These are > granted early in the license and covered by the "no further > restrictions" clause. > You have to be able to copy and modify the source code for it to > comply with the GPL. Let's hope courts see it this way. But then, why is it that I can't use hardware to stop someone from copying or modifying the source code, but I can use hardware to stop someone from copying or modifying the binary? Or is that not so? Remember, section 2 talks about modifying *your* *copies* of the Program, without any reference whatsoever as to whether they're in source or object form. -- Alexandre Oliva http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/ FSF Latin America Board Member http://www.fsfla.org/ Red Hat Compiler Engineer aoliva@{redhat.com, gcc.gnu.org} Free Software Evangelist oliva@{lsd.ic.unicamp.br, gnu.org}