Novell could be banned from selling Linux

[kristian.hermansen at gmail.com (Kristian Hermansen)]

On 2/4/07, Matthew Gillen <me at mattgillen.net> wrote:
> IANAL, but my half-a$$ed understanding is that FSF can't block distribution
> of some key parts of Linux (such as the kernel, apache, etc), even if they
> are distributed under the GPL.  But they do own the copyrights (and can
> therefore change the license at will) for a lot of user-space tools that
> would make it pretty hard to build a usable system without.

I don't get it.  Linux is merely a kernel with free tools on top of
it.  If the FSF has no control over the kernel, then they have no
control over Linux.  What am I missing about this article?  If that is
true, then shouldn't the article say something about inability to
redistribute GNU tools, not Linux?
-- 
Kristian Hermansen

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