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Kristian Hermansen wrote: > 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? Right. But that's a distinction that's hard to explain to journalists. To the journalists defense, many people lump everything that comes with a distribution as "Linux", since the kernel by itself isn't that useful. Matt -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.
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