On 28-05-13 17:26, Eric Appleman wrote:
On 5/28/2013 7:58 AM, Vladimir Pantelic wrote:
"/sbin/readme" is not part of the kernel, no? or does his kernel fake
that file at runtime?
Unknowable, unless somebody from the site wants to chime in.
If the kernel is distributed as part of a rom, I could understand the
readme being visible inside of the zip, but the "offer" seems to be for
kernel releases.
That's an interesting concept, and since I'm no legal expert nor am I a
lawyer, I only voice my opinion.
It is highly unlikely (possible it's a kernel module that exports it as
virtual file) that it is part of the kernel. Actually, the readme is
part of the ROM, or rather disk-image, which isn't really an offer with
the kernel.
Also, wasn't the whole idea that you could audit a kernel, from its
source, before installing it? Wasn't that part of the five freedoms? So
thinking about it, I can imagine this actually as being a violation.
Oliver
