Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:20:54 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:20:53 -0500 Received: from krusty.dt.e-technik.Uni-Dortmund.DE ([129.217.163.1]:24327 "EHLO mail.dt.e-technik.uni-dortmund.de") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Wed, 8 Jan 2003 16:20:52 -0500 Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2003 22:29:30 +0100 From: Matthias Andree To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Nvidia and its choice to read the GPL "differently" Message-ID: <20030108212930.GA12083@merlin.emma.line.org> Mail-Followup-To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org References: <200301050802.h0582u4214558@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <20030106173705.GP1386@work.bitmover.com> <20030107142612.GO17602@work.bitmover.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 968 Lines: 23 On Wed, 08 Jan 2003, Richard Stallman wrote: > When you take part of my statement, stretch it, interpret it based on > assumptions you know I disagree with, and present the result as > something I said, that doesn't prove anything. It is childish. > > There is no ethical obligation to mention secondary contributions > incorporated in a large project. There ethical obligation is to cite > the main developer. In the GNU/Linux system, the GNU Project is the > principal contributor; the system is more GNU than anything else, > and we started it. You overestimate your influence. Now please go invest your energy into something that a) is more likely to succeed, b) does not happen on this list. -- Matthias Andree - 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/