[OT] The GPL and possible violations

[Michael A. Peters]

On Fri, 2006-02-17 at 19:10 +0900, Joel Rees wrote:

> 
> Less a question of what the GPL says and more a question of how the
> authors of the kernel intend it, from what I understand. It's in a gray
> area, and Stallman would probably agree with you, but is Stallman one of
> the copyright owners of the kernel?
> 

Actually it's not - it is the GPL that governs the distribution rights
to the software (in this case the kernel), not the unwritten intent of
the developers.