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From: Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@redhat.com>
To: davids@webmaster.com
Cc: "Linux-Kernel\@Vger. Kernel. Org" <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: GPL only modules
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2006 22:06:27 -0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <ormz5j2zy4.fsf@redhat.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <MDEHLPKNGKAHNMBLJOLKKEDMAHAC.davids@webmaster.com> (David Schwartz's message of "Mon\, 18 Dec 2006 13\:23\:59 -0800")

On Dec 18, 2006, "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote:

> No automated, mechanical process can create a derivative work of software.
> (With a few exceptions not relevant here.)

Can you explain what mechanisms are involved in copyright monopolies
over object code, then?
(there's a hint at http://www.fsfla.org/?q=en/node/128#1 )

-- 
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}

  parent reply	other threads:[~2006-12-20  0:06 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 59+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2006-12-16 18:27 GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Ricardo Galli
2006-12-16 21:01 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-17  0:22   ` Ricardo Galli
2006-12-17  4:10     ` Theodore Tso
2006-12-17 13:54   ` GPL only modules Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-17 15:56     ` Ricardo Galli
2006-12-17 16:25     ` Kyle Moffett
2006-12-17 21:32       ` David Schwartz
2006-12-17 21:46         ` D. Hazelton
2006-12-18 15:47           ` Dave Neuer
2006-12-18 17:46             ` D. Hazelton
2006-12-18 21:01               ` Dave Neuer
2006-12-18 17:16           ` David Schwartz
2006-12-19  6:35             ` D. Hazelton
2006-12-19 16:39               ` David Lang
2006-12-18 19:41       ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-18 22:14         ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-12-19  3:42         ` D. Hazelton
2006-12-20  1:02           ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-20 23:28             ` Scott Preece
2006-12-17 17:59     ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-17 22:45       ` Paul Mackerras
2006-12-18  6:50         ` Junio C Hamano
2006-12-18 23:16           ` Paul Mackerras
2006-12-18 15:38       ` Dave Neuer
2006-12-18 17:02         ` Theodore Tso
2006-12-18 17:23           ` Dave Neuer
2006-12-18 19:27       ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-18 19:42         ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-18 20:37           ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-18 20:50             ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-18 21:23               ` David Schwartz
2006-12-18 22:35                 ` Scott Preece
2006-12-19  1:29                   ` David Schwartz
2006-12-19 16:55                     ` Scott Preece
2006-12-20  0:09                     ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-20  0:06                 ` Alexandre Oliva [this message]
2006-12-18 22:06               ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-12-18 23:28               ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-19  1:35                 ` David Schwartz
2006-12-19  2:38                   ` D. Hazelton
2006-12-19 12:42                     ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-12-20  0:20                   ` Alexandre Oliva
2006-12-18 23:52               ` Paul Mackerras
2006-12-18 23:59                 ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-19  0:43                   ` Paul Mackerras
2006-12-19  1:39                 ` David Schwartz
2006-12-19  4:20               ` Daniel Barkalow
2006-12-20 19:14                 ` David Schwartz
2006-12-20 23:08                   ` Scott Preece
2006-12-20 23:26                     ` David Schwartz
2006-12-19  7:39               ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2006-12-19  7:40               ` Giacomo A. Catenazzi
2006-12-19  8:00           ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2006-12-19 13:09             ` Horst H. von Brand
2006-12-19 17:27               ` Sanjoy Mahajan
2006-12-20  1:06               ` Alexandre Oliva
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2006-12-14  0:32 GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Greg KH
2006-12-14  0:43 ` Jonathan Corbet
2006-12-14  0:55 ` Greg KH
2006-12-14  4:15   ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-14 15:46     ` Jeff Garzik
2006-12-14 17:03       ` Linus Torvalds
2006-12-14 17:08         ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-12-14 17:38           ` Christoph Hellwig
2006-12-14 17:52             ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-12-14 18:09               ` Jan Engelhardt
2006-12-18 10:28                 ` GPL only modules Eric W. Biederman
2006-12-14 18:15               ` GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Eric Sandeen
2006-12-14 18:39                 ` Chris Wedgwood
2006-12-14 19:42                   ` Scott Preece
2006-12-14 19:34                     ` Jeff V. Merkey
2006-12-15  5:28                       ` GPL only modules Alexandre Oliva

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