Re: what is the current status of GPL v3

[David Kastrup]

Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:

> David Kastrup wrote:
>> 
>> Alexander Terekhov <terekhov@web.de> writes:
>> 
>> > "Alfred M. Szmidt" wrote:
>> > [...]
>> >> holders.  Like Linux, or is Linux also a compilation according to you?
>> >
>> > Linux is a compilation according to copyright law.
>> 
>> Depends on what you call "Linux".  A typical GNU/Linux distribution
>> certainly is (Alfred's opinion notwithstanding).  The kernel alone,
>> however, is rather a composite work derived and authored by several
>> parties.  Its components are no longer independent bodies of work.
>
> Why don't you simply check it yourself. There's tons of separate and
> independent bodies of code in the Linux kernel and they are even 
> under different licenses.

Does not make them independent.  For that reason, no GPL-incompatible
parts are admitted into the kernel.

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David Kastrup, Kriemhildstr. 15, 44793 Bochum