Re: Aggregation in embedded context, is kernel GPL2prejudiceagainst embedded systems?

From: Alan Cox
Date: Thu Oct 11 2007 - 15:49:59 EST


On Thu, 11 Oct 2007 12:06:14 -0400
"Crane, Matthew" <mcrane03@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I wasn't sure how to describe what the people and groups with the
> mandate to defend open source software. There are people and groups
> with such a mandate.

The same as any other work generally: "The authors", "the rights holder",
and sometimes "the state". In the case of something like the GPL possibly
the recipient of a binary only version, although that is much less
certain.

Alan
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