On Wed, 30 Jan 2008, M�ns Rullg�rd wrote: > Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Tue, Jan 29, 2008 at 11:25:22PM +0000, M�ns Rullg�rd wrote: > >> As long as you don't distribute /proc/kcore, I can't see how the GPL > >> would have any say in the matter. The Windows drivers are (unrelated > >> violations aside) clearly not derived from GPL code. > > > > Someone might sell a laptop with Linux installed? > > Not a problem, unless it is booted when sold. Even that might not be > a problem, since it would be a matter of transferring ownership of a > single copy, not creating and distributing new copies, and the GPL > does is only concerned with the latter.
Interesting... I never heard about this `transferring ownership of a single copy not involving GPL'. Note that some lawyers claim that at trade shows, you should not hand over a demo device running GPLed code to any interested party, as it would be distribution... Gr{oetje,eeting}s, Geert -- Geert Uytterhoeven -- There's lots of Linux beyond ia32 -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] In personal conversations with technical people, I call myself a hacker. But when I'm talking to journalists I just say "programmer" or something like that. -- Linus Torvalds