Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:32:55 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:32:55 -0500 Received: from smtp-outbound.cwctv.net ([213.104.18.10]:20056 "EHLO smtp.cwctv.net") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 13:32:54 -0500 From: To: andre@linux-ide.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2003 18:40:40 +0000 Subject: RE:Re: GPL and Nvidia MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Liberate TVMail 2.6 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="1041446440669" Message-ID: <0082e2041180113DTVMAIL3@smtp.cwctv.net> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 3968 Lines: 94 --1041446440669 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Everyone has a right to their opinion, even if it trys to break the GPL apart. Dean. Three ways to kill yourself, and ive been drove in one... On Tue, 31 Dec 2002 23:17:17 -0800 (PST) Andre Hedrick wrote: --1041446440669 Content-Type: message/rfc822 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Received: from vger.kernel.org ([209.116.70.75]) by smtp.cwctv.net with Microsoft SMTPSVC(5.5.1877.447.44); Wed, 1 Jan 2003 07:15:57 +0000 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:09:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:09:04 -0500 Received: from astound-64-85-224-253.ca.astound.net ([64.85.224.253]:50436 "EHLO master.linux-ide.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 1 Jan 2003 02:09:03 -0500 Received: from localhost (andre@localhost) by master.linux-ide.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id XAA02998; Tue, 31 Dec 2002 23:17:17 -0800 Date: Tue, 31 Dec 2002 23:17:17 -0800 (PST) From: Andre Hedrick To: Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL and Nvidia In-Reply-To: <076541035040113DTVMAIL10@smtp.cwctv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Return-Path: linux-kernel-owner+Hell.Surfers=40cwctv.net@vger.kernel.org On Wed, 1 Jan 2003 Hell.Surfers@cwctv.net wrote: > lets see, In Britain we dont have "lawyers" we have solicitors, "no > legal ground" yes I do have legal ground, having the hardware is > irrelevent, I have the drivers, the "improperly" licensed drivers as You now may have committed a software crime. You have taken software you may not be licensed or authorized to have. > they are, I dont discriminate againtst nvidia users, I am unhappy I cant > help them with those modules, they include GPL routines as well as LGPL Then go beg them for a job, but then again if you knew jack about their product, you would be squelched by now. > ones, so that part of the argument is irrelevent, rejecting non-GPL/LGPL > modules is impossible because all modules are GPL (they contain gpl > code, to work)but some (illegally) are distributed incorrectly, Nothing > is hazy, I rather enjoy using 486s, Nvidia can open source because ATI > could reverse engineer anyway, something I may do to get open source > drivers released, something I HAVE just done with v.90, Nvidia doesnt > even have decent proprietary texture compression, ive never got them to > say what company made it, if its not just another excuse at all. A patch > is derived work, Linux isnt crippled without Nvidia, and Linus could > only switch to LGPL if it was still only his own work, when Nvidia > included GPLd files it was a "linked file" and I didnt mention /proc, > perhaps its time I seeked legal advice. Yes it is because if I owned Nvidia, I would snatch you into a court of law so fast for piracy you boots would still be warm while empty. Your petty rants only add more death nails to Linux in going forward in the commerial and business model. Regards, Andre Hedrick LAD Storage Consulting Group - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ --1041446440669-- - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/