Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 21 Jun 2007 15:19:35 -0400 | From | Stephen Clark <> | Subject | Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3 |
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David Schwartz wrote:
>>On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:55:10 -0700 >> >> > > > >>"David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: >> >> > > > >>>A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither >>>statements nor >>>instructions. The argument that GPLv2 prohibits Tivoization is >>>really and >>>truly absurd. It has neither a legal nor a moral leg to stand on. >>> >>> > > > >>A computer program is a number too. >> >> > >No, it's not. It can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number. > > ??? can be expressed as a number, but it is not a number ??? sure its a number.
>Keys are purely numbers, they are nothing else. Signatures are pure >primitive facts encoded as numbers (authority X blessed object Y). > >A computer program is a set of instructions to accomplish a particular >result. It can be expressed as a number, but that doesn't mean it is a >number. > >It might be true in principle to develop a scheme whereby every physical >object uniquely corresponds to an extremely large number. That doesn't turn >physical objects into numbers. > >DS > > >- >To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in >the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org >More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html >Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > >
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