From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from lists.gentoo.org ([140.105.134.102] helo=robin.gentoo.org) by nuthatch.gentoo.org with esmtp (Exim 4.62) (envelope-from ) id 1I8MVz-0000A2-1t for garchives@archives.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:40:55 +0000 Received: from robin.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with SMTP id l6AKdvJD016927; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:39:57 GMT Received: from barmail1.idig.net (barmail1.idig.net [64.34.111.254]) by robin.gentoo.org (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id l6AKc0iU014654 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 20:38:01 GMT Received: from nweb1.idig.net (nweb1.idig.net [216.187.70.70]) by barmail1.idig.net (Spam Firewall) with ESMTP id B204B7B51CC for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:37:59 -0700 (PDT) Received: from blk-138-49-15.eastlink.ca ([24.138.49.15] helo=lacqui.lacqui.com) by nweb1.idig.net with esmtp (Exim 4.63) (envelope-from ) id 1I8MT9-0000PW-M5 for gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:37:59 -0700 Received: from [127.0.0.1] (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lacqui.lacqui.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id DFAE46C0189 for ; Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:37:55 -0300 (ADT) Message-ID: <4693EE1A.1020007@lacqui.com> Date: Tue, 10 Jul 2007 17:37:46 -0300 From: Kevin Lacquement User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070709) Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Linux mail X-BeenThere: gentoo-dev@gentoo.org Reply-to: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-dev@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-dev] Watch out for license changes to GPL-3. References: <1183832495.20203.11.camel@SOLACE> <468FDCFE.1060404@gentoo.org> <4690C4B8.4000407@gentoo.org> <200707081350.27220.philantrop@gentoo.org> <1183899969.6634.1.camel@localhost> <20070708164657.4edd8378@localhost> <20070709163914.GB16617@kroah.com> <20070709210720.4583dd06@localhost> <20070709212456.GA22067@kroah.com> <20070710191035.2dfcfa98@localhost> <20070710181130.GA30117@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20070710181130.GA30117@kroah.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.2 OpenPGP: id=E8E79CA0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="------------enig0BC671741D2C55557AF1630B" X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - nweb1.idig.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - lists.gentoo.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - lacqui.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: X-Archives-Salt: dd1440d2-616c-40c0-a002-1b3bb83e8cc4 X-Archives-Hash: ddb241c715a2b6aa5441ab99b1bfdfb4 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enig0BC671741D2C55557AF1630B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Greg KH wrote: > On Tue, Jul 10, 2007 at 07:10:35PM +0200, Dominique Michel wrote: >>>> Can you explain more. If the kernel can be tivoized by someone >>> I'm sorry, but "tivoized" is not a verb. Please explain what you mea= n >>> by this. >> I mean if someone distribute a kernel with a licence that forbid to re= move the >> functions he added even if we don't want them (as example drm at the k= ernel >> level as in Vista), >=20 > But that's impossible with the current Linux kernel license, so how > could that ever happen? Why even try to discuss an impossiblity? >=20 I understood it to mean that you're allowed to change the source, but the hardware has locks on it to prevent you from using the changed source. So yes, you're allowed to modify the code and pass it on (as permitted by the GPL), but you can't actually run it (eg due to code signing requirements) --------------enig0BC671741D2C55557AF1630B Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.5 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQFGk+4hr4p8oOjnnKARAmOJAJ0XDRobyUJWxb00FSyFE7dnIB3TrACfd0Cn MSLZ6UH3lWy+BQdyNJ88D4o= =jFXa -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enig0BC671741D2C55557AF1630B-- -- gentoo-dev@gentoo.org mailing list