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linus on copyrights and closed-source binary kernel modules

Thursday, Dec 14. 2006  –  Category: OpenSolaris

linus had a great post today. my favourite paragraph:

There’s a big difference between “copy” and “use”. It’s exatcly the same issue whether it’s music or code. You can’t re-distribute other peoples music (becuase it’s their copyright), but they shouldn’t put limits on how you personally use it (because it’s your life).

Same goes for code. Copyright is about distribution, not about use. We shouldn’t limit how people use the code.