Google should strip out unreferenced symbols... but it probably doesn't matter [LWN.net]

Google should strip out unreferenced symbols... but it probably doesn't matter

Posted Mar 22, 2011 16:42 UTC (Tue) by wahern (subscriber, #37304)
In reply to: Google should strip out unreferenced symbols... but it probably doesn't matter by viro
Parent article: Has Bionic stepped over the GPL line?

Not one thing you said in your comment disputes what I said, nor do I disagree with the specific points you made other than your slights against me. If only you would read English as closely as C.

And I will piss off. You can continue living in the dark. And you can continue thinking that you have to cling to an improper understanding of the issue because of some other consequence you can neither perceive nor articulate. You're inability to distinguish the legal argument from your commitment to supporting Google's otherwise laudable work is disappointing.

Good day, sir.

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Google should strip out unreferenced symbols... but it probably doesn't matter

Posted Mar 22, 2011 16:53 UTC (Tue) by wahern (subscriber, #37304) [Link]

Actually, upon more careful reading I do disagree with what viro you said, because it's conflating copyright subject matter with licensing. What makes something derivative is a matter of law that can't be avoided by a license. Though I'm not disputing that mere use of a system call does not necessarily make something derivative (I'm not insinuating anything by being circumspect with my words, either); nor that a license can make derivative use okay.

I respond only to protect my name; what with archiving and all. I'm not returning to this thread for the foreseeable future.