Date: Sat, 13 Sep 2003 14:12:14 -0700 (PDT)
From: Andre Hedrick <andre@linux-ide.org>
To: David Schwartz <davids@webmaster.com>
cc: Pascal Schmidt <der.eremit@email.de>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: RE: People, not GPL  [was: Re: Driver Model]
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David,

Agreed the total intent by the author is to impose a restriction.
Thus the author by default lost his/her right to use, period.
Ironic, how imposing a usage restriction will terminate ones own write to
use.

Cheers,

Andre Hedrick
LAD Storage Consulting Group

On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, David Schwartz wrote:

> 
>  
> > If people put GPL_ONLY symbol exports in their code, that's their call
> > to make, is it not? It's their code and they're free to say "well, this
> > is my code, and if you use this symbol, I consider your stuff to be a
> > derived work". Once again it's up to the lawyers to decide whether
> > this has legal value or not.
> 
> 	If it has legal value, then it's an additional restriction.
> 
> 	DS
> 
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