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From: Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAS: keyboard stops working] Recent kernels block the loading of non-GPL kernel modules
Date: Thu, 20 Aug 2015 01:12:48
Message-Id: 55D52960.9090003@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: [WAS: keyboard stops working] Recent kernels block the loading of non-GPL kernel modules by Rich Freeman
1 On 08/19/2015 09:05 PM, Rich Freeman wrote:
2 > On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Michael Orlitzky <mjo@g.o> wrote:
3 >>
4 >> Anything you can do without the kernel source code is legal, sure. But
5 >> we're talking about...
6 >>
7 >> 1. Downloading the kernel source (making a copy of) it.
8 >
9 > You're receiving a copy of it. You don't need a license to download
10 > something. You'll notice that even the RIAA doesn't sue people who
11 > download music - they sue people who UPLOAD it. They are on far more
12 > solid legal ground doing the latter.
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15 Uhhhhhhhhhh
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19 > Please cite a law that says you're not allowed to receive a copy of a
20 > copyrighted work without a license.
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22 ยง 106 . Exclusive rights in copyrighted works
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24 Subject to sections 107 through 122, the owner of copyright under this
25 title has the exclusive rights to do and to authorize any of the following:
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27 (1) to reproduce the copyrighted work in copies

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