Fedora Freedom and linux-libre

[Les Mikesell]

jeff wrote:
> 
>>> Have you even looked at tg3.c or it's history?
>>>
>>
>> Just a quick google to find the discussion here:
>> http://wiki.debian.org/KernelFirmwareLicensing with its note that the 
>> corrected license was committed here:
>> http://kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux-2.6.git;a=commitdiff;h=49cabf49abd7676d026a61baabf5aae9337a82be;hp=9beb1d587f690d5b2f9087f8f10c0ff9f6b66886 
> 
> 
> They changed the kernel source then, but that doesn't mean they aren't 
> under obligations of the GPL since they distributed it for *years* under 
> the GPL.

Mistakes happen.  Should all old instances disappear when a correction 
is made?  I doubt if it's the only correction that has been made on a 
copyright over the years.

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   Les Mikesell
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