* rjack peremptorily fired off this memo: > The trouble is you can't write a copyright license that controls "all third > parties" as long "as they follow the GPL". Congress specifically forbid this > situation with 17 USC sec. 301.
Tell it to IBM lawyers (for example). Their copyright is appended to a GPL notice in many Linux kernel modules. Roughly 870 C and assembler files. Sample: /* * Kernel Probes (KProbes) * * This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify * it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by * the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or * (at your option) any later version. * * This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, * but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of * MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the * GNU General Public License for more details. * * You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License * along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software * Foundation, Inc., 59 Temple Place - Suite 330, Boston, MA 02111-1307, USA. * * Copyright (C) IBM Corporation, 2002, 2004 -- Ask not for whom the telephone bell tolls... if thou art in the bathtub, it tolls for thee. _______________________________________________ gnu-misc-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/gnu-misc-discuss
