Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 | From | Alexandre Oliva <> | Date | Fri, 15 Jun 2007 22:42:15 -0300 |
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On Jun 15, 2007, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote:
> On Friday 15 June 2007 15:28:29 Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> On Jun 15, 2007, Rob Landley <rob@landley.net> wrote: >> > On Thursday 14 June 2007 22:25:57 Alexandre Oliva wrote: >> >> Is the signature not derived from the bits in the GPLed component, as >> >> much as it is derived from the key?
>> > Actually, you can't copyright, trademark, or patent a number.
>> Agreed. And this counter-argument of yours is a distraction.
>> I was careful to not talk about "derived work".
> "Is the signature not derived from X as much as it is derived from Y."
> "I was careful to not talk about "derived work"."
> Which personality of yours am I currently addressing?
The one that speaks English, not Legalese. IANAL.
Last I looked it up, "derived" was a plain-English word.
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