Patrick Herzig writes: > The question is if the Linux kernel itself can be interpreted as being a > "storage or distribution medium". Storage or distribution of binary > blobs is at least not the primary purpose of the Linux kernel as it > would be much easier to just store or distribute them on tape.
What does the primary purpose have anything to do with it? When I buy a new computer, I do it because I want the functionality it offers -- not because it is a distribution medium for software. > Also, the Linux kernel is, unlike a tape or a CD, not really suitable > for storing or distributing binary blobs as it is (in that sense) > intangible and needs to be attached to a medium to be stored or > distributed. I don't follow. Does this line of argument mean that a Debian mirror server or archive violates the GPL, since Debian too is intangible? Michael