On Mon, Aug 11, 2008 at 12:56:43PM -0400, John David Anglin wrote:
> > The toplevel COPYING file of the kernel sources contains the exact
> > licence text for all files (including binfmt_som.c) in the kernel.
>
> The COPYING file contains the license text but it doesn't say clearly
> what the license applies to. The closest thing to this is the statement
>
> Also note that the GPL below is copyrighted by the Free Software
> Foundation, but the instance of code that it refers to (the Linux
> kernel) is copyrighted by me and others who actually wrote it.
>
> in the COPYING file. The applicability of the GPL is parenthetical.
> The HOWTO file is more specific, but a clear license statement at the
> top level of the "source" tree is missing.
There's a file named COPYING at the top level, and a file named README
at the top level that says:
WHAT IS LINUX?
...
It is distributed under the GNU General Public License - see the
accompanying COPYING file for more details.
The GPLv2 licence on the Linux kernel is generally agreed upon
(whether one likes it or not is a different question, but all
contributors are aware that it applies) and has even been successfully
enforced at court, which makes your attempts of finding a way to
possibly interpret it differently kinda strange.
> Dave
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