Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:28:38 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:28:38 -0500 Received: from waste.org ([209.173.204.2]:57243 "EHLO waste.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 6 Jan 2003 23:28:37 -0500 Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2003 22:37:07 -0600 From: Oliver Xymoron To: Andrew Walrond Cc: rms@gnu.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Why is Nvidia given GPL'd code to use in non-freedrivers? Message-ID: <20030107043707.GB10045@waste.org> References: <1041725489.1770.36.camel@sbarn.net> <3E19517B.3030805@walrond.org> <3E1A16A5.8070903@walrond.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3E1A16A5.8070903@walrond.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.28i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 857 Lines: 18 On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 11:52:05PM +0000, Andrew Walrond wrote: > >But if that doesn't work for you, I would not consider it a great loss > >for the world if your products were not produced. They contribute > >something to the world if they are free software, but otherwise not. > > Perhaps not. But my 40 software developing staff are still going to be > mightily pissed when I don't make payroll. Given that 90% of software development is reinventing the wheel (badly), perhaps 36 of them could move on to a career doing something useful. -- "Love the dolphins," she advised him. "Write by W.A.S.T.E.." - 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/