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Re: [dvd-discuss] Inexplicable
- To: dvd-discuss(at)cyber.law.harvard.edu
- Subject: Re: [dvd-discuss] Inexplicable
- From: Jeremy Erwin <jerwin(at)ponymail.com>
- Date: Fri, 18 Oct 2002 12:47:06 -0400
- In-reply-to: <1034952196.9458.2.camel@ettin.lumbercartel.com>
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On Friday, October 18, 2002, at 10:43 AM, D. C. Sessions wrote:
> On Thu, 2002-10-17 at 23:56, Jeremy Erwin wrote:
>
>> I had thought the GPL included a nondiscrimination clause. It doesn't,
>> but such discrimination is the prerogative of the copyright holder on
>> the "Program". In the case of the Linux kernel, I would have thought
>> that such a copyright is held by Linus Torvalds-- though I could be
>> wrong. Could omeone with access to
>> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
>> inform us of the copyright holder?
>
> head /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/kernel/traps.c
> /*
> * linux/arch/i386/traps.c
> *
> * Copyright (C) 1991, 1992 Linus Torvalds
> *
> * Pentium III FXSR, SSE support
> * Gareth Hughes <gareth@valinux.com>, May 2000
> */
>
Thanks. If you consider a ChangeLog to be an integral part of the
program, under the GPL, a decision to embargo certain countries, due to
legal considerations, can only be made with the assent of Linus
Torvalds, who, IIRC, is a U.S resident.
Jeremy