On Sun, Sep 26, 2010 at 16:07, Anders Johansson <ajh@nitio.de> wrote:
On Sun, 2010-09-26 at 16:01 -0400, Andrew Joakimsen wrote:
How can editing the Kernel or it's headers be a violation of its copyright?
Depends on what you edit. Try to remove the GPL copyright notice and replace it with a BSD copyright, or something proprietary, and you'll have Eben Moglen on your phone before you can say Santa Cruz Operation
Oh of course you need to keep the license, that is part of the GPL v2 the Kernel is licensed under. But these shenanigans are not permitted by the GPL: 6. Each time you redistribute the Program (or any work based on the Program), the recipient automatically receives a license from the original licensor to copy, distribute or modify the Program subject to these terms and conditions. You may not impose any further restrictions on the recipients' exercise of the rights granted herein. You are not responsible for enforcing compliance by third parties to this License. So I don't see any reason for SUSE (or anyone else) to keep this bloat in the Kernel, especially when they are hidden in a "security patch" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org