Re: Matlab compiled mex files in octave

[Francesco Potortì]

>On 20 February 2013 11:46, Francesco Potortì <address@hidden> wrote:
>>>The nvidia binary blob isn't a grey area. It's a clear GPL violation.
>>>The Linux hackers just choose to not enforce their copyright here
>>>either.
>>
>> I have read different statements on this issue.  Specifically, if I am
>> not wrong, I once read Linus Torvalds' reasoning why this is not a
>> copyright violation, which seemed sound to me.  Something like: it is
>> not obvious that using the internal of a program is a derivation, so it
>> is up to the author decide, and I decide that it is not, so this is my
>> inpterpretation of the licence, and since I am the author this is the
>> only one that counts.
>>
>> If someone have references to this I would be interested.
>
>I only have personal emails from rms who claims that this is a GPL
>violation 

Yes, I know that Stallman's opinion on this matter is different from
Torvalds'. 

>          and he acknowledges, as you point out above, that the Linux
>developers decide to not enforce their copyright.

No, what I am saying is that the Linux developers say that "derivation"
as far as they are concerned means not linking with the kernel.  So
there is no violation to start with.  But I would be happy if someone
pointed me to an authoritative source about this.

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