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Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?
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Ciaran O'Riordan |
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Re: GPL 2(b) HUH? |
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Thu, 18 Sep 2008 10:38:51 +0100 |
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If your scheduler was truly generic and could (even just theoretically) be
plugged into many kernels, then you might be free from copyright
obligations.
But being serious, writing a generic scheduler isn't practical. That would
be like writing a generic "chapter 8" that can replace chapter 8 of not just
Harry Potter but also many other too :-)
Making a generic sound file is practical, because it's not so intimately
tied in, so as I said in my initial examples, a generic sound file could be
inserted into the/any kernel without becoming GPL'd. But a scheduler,
excluding toy proof-of-whacky-concept projects, no.
Speaking of copyright and Harry Potter:
http://stallman.org/harry-potter.html
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- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, (continued)
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Rahul Dhesi, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Rjack, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Rahul Dhesi, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Rjack, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Rahul Dhesi, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Rjack, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/09/20
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Alexander Terekhov, 2008/09/18
- Re: GPL 2(b) HUH?, Hyman Rosen, 2008/09/18
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