Re: Linux Kernel and GPL section 2c

[Pavel Machek]

Hi!

> > Hello all,
> >     I noticed the discussion about linux kernel modules that happened last
> >     week. I was wondering about something with regards to the linux kernel and
> >     Section 2c of the GPL. Why doesn't the kernel on booting print something
> >     about the kernel being free software licensed under the GPL, and shouldn't
> >     it?
> 
> Presumably, 1) the kernel as a whole is not a "modified" work, but
> rather at least parts of it are the original work, 2) it does not read
> commands interactively when run, 3) it does not normally print such
> announcements.

I see such announcements. I think we should just kill them all:

Installing knfsd (copyright (C) 1996 okir@xxxxxxxxxxxx).
CSLIP: code copyright 1989 Regents of the University of California.
Linux agpgart interface v0.100 (c) Dave Jones
ip_tables: (C) 2000-2002 Netfilter core team

Or perhaps we can replace 'POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX' with
'Distribute under GPLv2'?
									Pavel
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