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SubjectRe: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3
Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Jun 13, 2007, Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org> wrote:
>
>
>> On Wed, 13 Jun 2007, Alexandre Oliva wrote:
>>
>>> So, TiVo includes a copy of Linux in its DVR.
>>>
>
>
>> Stop right there.
>>
>
>
>> You seem to make the mistake to think that software is something physical.
>>
>
> Err, no. Software, per legal definitions in Brazil, US and elsewhere,
> require some physical support. That's the hard disk in the TiVO DVR,
> in this case. I don't see how this matters, though.
>
>
I'm now intrigued, where are these (Brazilian and US) definitions
stipulated, and under what authority?

Matt

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