Comment Re:Newbie mistake (Score 1) 144
You need to translate from lawyerese to English and back a few times to get it to really work right.
The GPL imposes restrictions on the copying of copyrighted materials. This falls cleanly within the scope of copyright law.
Deciding what machine can run an operating system has nothing to do with copying and redistributing it. This is outside the scope of the copyright law.
Anything free is worth what you pay for it.