> On 2/16/07, David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > (See, among other cases, Lexmark. v. Static > > Controls.) A copyright is not a patent, you can only own > > something if there > > are multiple equally ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 16 2007 - 22:42

(combined responses) > On Feb 17, 2007, "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > >> Linking with kernel exported symbols in a kernel module is by many > >> people considered creating a ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 17 2007 - 09:27

> On 2/20/07, David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > There is no such thing as the "combined work". If I put a DVD > > of The Phantom > > Menace in the same box as a DVD of The Big Lebowski, the box is not a ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 19 2007 - 18:47

> On Jun 16, 2007, "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > No, this is completely and utterly wrong. By this logic, Linux > > isn't free if > > I can't run it on *YOUR* laptop. TiVo places ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jun 16 2007 - 22:35

> On Jun 18, 2007, "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > Why is the fact that only the root user can load a kernel module not a > > further restriction? > Because the user (under whose control ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jun 19 2007 - 13:50

> On Wed, 20 Jun 2007 12:55:10 -0700 > "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > A key is a number. A signature is a number. They are neither > > statements nor > > instructions. ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jun 21 2007 - 14:17

> On Jun 26, 2007, "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > > Alexandre Oliva: > > >> On Jun 26, 2007, Al Boldi wrote: > > >> > I read your scenario of the vendor not giving you ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jun 26 2007 - 18:12

> On Jun 27, 2007, "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > > > Alexandre Oliva writes: > > >> Yes, but in the scenario I proposed, the source code *is* in the > >> preferred form for making ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jun 27 2007 - 21:37

Kryzstof Halasa writes: > "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes: > > > Theodore Tso writes: > > hardly A apologize for the error in attribution. > > Of course you don't need a license ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Sep 17 2007 - 17:09

> "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes: > > My point is that you *cannot* prevent a recipient of a > > derivative work from > > receiving any rights under either the GPL or the BSD to any protectable > > elements in ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Sep 17 2007 - 20:03

> David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com> wrote: > >> Regardless of whatever verifications your application is doing > >> on the data, it is not checksumming the ports and that's what > >> the pseudo-header is helping with. > > ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Nov 25 2007 - 11:41

> "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes: > > I don't know who told you that or why, but it's obvious nonsense, > Correct. > > Exports should be marked GPL if and only if they cannot be used > > except in a ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 26 2008 - 14:19

> "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes: > > The agreement made when the feature was added was that > > EXPORT_GPL was not a > > license enforcement mechanism but was an indication that > > someone believed > > that ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 26 2008 - 19:35

> "David Schwartz" <davids@webmaster.com> writes: > > This is an obviously-wrong argument, > Even if it's proven wrong in the end, the defendant may at least be > found acting in a good faith. If they were in fact acting ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 26 2008 - 20:28

> On Tue, 2007-01-02 at 12:14 -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > > > The recommendet _serving_ temperature for coffe is 55 °C or below. > > > > Nonsense! 55C (100F) is ludicrously low for coffee. > > > > ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jan 2 2007 - 20:43

> On Tue, 02 Jan 2007 15:01:56 PST, David Schwartz said: > > There is simply no way you can argue that McDonald's failed to > > warn people > > about the risks. The cup says "hot" on it, > Actually, the ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Jan 3 2007 - 20:50

> On Feb 3 2007 10:31, David Schwartz wrote: > > > >The way out of the GPL problem is to make clear that it is *not* a > >copyright enforcement scheme > > So why do we have EXPORT_SYMBOL_GPL then, if > > - there ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 4 2007 - 03:56

> David Schwartz wrote: > >> Indeed, but using the provided key is not circumventing. Loading a > >> non-GPL module that uses GPL symbols anyway is prevented, so > >> forcibly loading such a module "the rootkit way" by patching /dev/mem > ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 12 2007 - 18:37

> On Thu, Feb 15, 2007 at 04:38:41PM -0800, David Schwartz wrote: > > Just to be perfectly clear, it is an outrageous claim that *every* > > *possible* kernel module must be a derivative work of the > > kernel. Copyright > ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 16 2007 - 22:42

> On Saturday 17 February 2007 03:42, David Schwartz wrote: > > > Again, see Lexmark v. Static Controls. If "make a toner cartridge that > > works > > with a particular Lexmark printer" is a functional ...

linux-kernel - David Schwartz - Feb 17 2007 - 10:19