Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > David Kastrup wrote: >> >> Alexander Terekhov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> > "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote: >> > [...] >> >> holders. Like Linux, or is Linux also a compilation according to you? >> > >> > Linux is a compilation according to copyright law. >> >> Depends on what you call "Linux". A typical GNU/Linux distribution >> certainly is (Alfred's opinion notwithstanding). The kernel alone, >> however, is rather a composite work derived and authored by several >> parties. Its components are no longer independent bodies of work. > > Why don't you simply check it yourself. There's tons of separate and > independent bodies of code in the Linux kernel and they are even > under different licenses.
Does not make them independent. For that reason, no GPL-incompatible parts are admitted into the kernel. -- David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
