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From: Richard Stallman
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To: Matt Thrailkill
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Subject: Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The
Linux Journal
Date: Mon, 22 May 2006 20:42:15 -0400
[Would you please forward this to balug-talk?]
Torvalds's
> position on that matter is, quite sensibly, that they're in violation of
> copyright law if they're a derivative work of the kernel. ("Derivative
> work" is a legal term of art.) Creation and distribution of binary-only
> kernel modules _not_ constructed as a derivative work would not, per
> Torvalds, violate the copyrights of kernel coders.
Torvalds has interpreted the requirements in a narrow way which I
think is erroneous. The FSF believes that any module designed
specifically to be linked with Linux falls under the license of Linux.
Therefore, if the module is non-free, it violates the GPL.
I don't think Richard Stallman or Theo De Raadt would tolerate binary
modules even when they are legal.
You're right, of course. For me, this is not _only_ a legal issue.
(I cannot speak for De Raadt.) A non-free program may or may
not violate some license, but it is always antisocial.
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