Re: Dual-Licensing Linux Kernel with GPL V2 and GPL V3

[Michael Poole <mdpoole@troilus.org>]

david@lang.hm writes:

> no, saying that the result must be acceptable to other software (in
> this case the software running in the BIOS) is not part of the source
> code.

Why not?  The digital signature is a statement (which translates
roughly to "Tivo approves this") to be used in a computer in order to
bring about a certain result.  That result is making it boot on the
PVR.  Source code simply means the original forms or inputs used to
generate machine-readable statements.

Michael Poole

>>    A "computer program" is a set of statements or instructions to be
>>    used directly or indirectly in a computer in order to bring about
>>    a certain result.
>>    -- US Code, Title 17, Section 101
-
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/