Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 19:44:41 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 19:44:41 -0500 Received: from server.ehost4u.biz ([209.51.155.18]:50560 "EHLO host.ehost4u.biz") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 3 Jan 2003 19:44:40 -0500 From: "Billy Rose" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Reply-To: billyrose@billyrose.net Subject: Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in closed source drivers? X-Mailer: NeoMail 1.25 X-IPAddress: 65.132.64.191 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Message-Id: Date: Fri, 03 Jan 2003 19:53:17 -0500 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - host.ehost4u.biz X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - vger.kernel.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [32076 2072] / [32076 2072] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - host.ehost4u.biz Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1050 Lines: 21 if i were a big monopolistic company that has recently (openly) began to worry about the threat of linux taking some of my market share, i would create an explosive topic on the kernel mailing list and begin dividing up the developers using political agenda such as this. little by little, the cracks in the foundation would start giving way to larger debates. finally, simple ideology would create a divide that causes the developers to choose "sides" and then fragmentation would occur. the ultimate outcome: the unix syndrome. perhaps this is not such a case, but it may as well be from what i have read. sometimes not giving your opinion is worth more than winning a debate. think about it. billy ===== "there's some milk in the fridge that's about to go bad... and there it goes..." -bobby - 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/