On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 19:10 +0900, Joel Rees wrote: > > Less a question of what the GPL says and more a question of how the > authors of the kernel intend it, from what I understand. It's in a gray > area, and Stallman would probably agree with you, but is Stallman one of > the copyright owners of the kernel? > Actually it's not - it is the GPL that governs the distribution rights to the software (in this case the kernel), not the unwritten intent of the developers.