Re: linux gpl question

2002-04-27 Thread Anthony Towns
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 11:41:11PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 06:40:41PM -0500, David Starner wrote: Not by my understanding. A patch will include generally include pieces of the kernel source, and only make sense in the context of the kernel. That makes it a

Re: linux gpl question

2002-04-27 Thread Jeroen Dekkers
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 11:41:11PM -0400, Glenn Maynard wrote: On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 06:40:41PM -0500, David Starner wrote: Not by my understanding. A patch will include generally include pieces of the kernel source, and only make sense in the context of the kernel. That makes it a

Re: linux gpl question

2002-04-27 Thread J.H.M. Dassen \(Ray\)
On Sat, Apr 27, 2002 at 13:29:44 +0200, Jeroen Dekkers wrote: I can't find the exact details on the web anymore, but I remember that NeXTStep distributed only the object files It's in Copyleft: Pragmatic Idealism by RMS, http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/pragmatic.html Consider GNU

Re: linux gpl question

2002-04-27 Thread Thomas Bushnell, BSG
John Galt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Only assuming that you distribute the patched kernel as a unit. It is entirely feasable to distribute the patches as a separately copyrightable entity. Nope, it's not. But since you don't listen, it's pointless to keep talking to you. -- To

Re: linux gpl question

2002-04-27 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Apr 26, 2002 at 04:53:24PM -0600, John Galt wrote: On Thu, 25 Apr 2002, David Starner wrote: On Thu, Apr 25, 2002 at 09:35:44PM -0600, John Galt wrote: No, he doesn't have to do anything at all with his patches. They aren't the FSF's to define the license for. For ONLY the work