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Re: what is the current status of GPL v3
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David Kastrup |
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Re: what is the current status of GPL v3 |
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Thu, 18 May 2006 15:07:51 +0200 |
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Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
> David Kastrup wrote:
>>
>> Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> 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
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, (continued)
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/05/18
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, Alfred M. Szmidt, 2006/05/18
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
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- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/18
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, David Kastrup, 2006/05/18
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/18
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- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, Alexander Terekhov, 2006/05/18
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- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, Alan Mackenzie, 2006/05/19
- Re: what is the current status of GPL v3, David Kastrup, 2006/05/19