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| DATE | 2006-05-23 |
| FROM | Ruben Safir
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| SUBJECT | Re: [Balug-talk] [NYLXS - HANGOUT] Its a sorry day for The Linux Journal
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On Mon, May 22, 2006 at 08:42:15PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> [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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