Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S265140AbUD3ROw (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:14:52 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S265149AbUD3ROw (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:14:52 -0400 Received: from wirefire.bureaudepost.com ([66.38.187.209]:62881 "EHLO oasis.linuxant.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S265140AbUD3ROu (ORCPT ); Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:14:50 -0400 In-Reply-To: <4092776A.5020705@techsource.com> References: <4FE43C97-9A20-11D8-B804-000A95CD704C@wagland.net> <4091757B.3090209@techsource.com> <200404292347.17431.koke_lkml@amedias.org> <0CAE0144-9A2C-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <20040429195553.4fba0da7.seanlkml@rogers.com> <4092776A.5020705@techsource.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v613) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Message-Id: Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: koke@sindominio.net, rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riel@redhat.com, david@gibson.dropbear.id.au, Sean Estabrooks , paul@wagland.net From: Marc Boucher Subject: Re: [PATCH] Blacklist binary-only modules lying about their license Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:14:46 -0400 To: Timothy Miller X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.613) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1296 Lines: 36 On Apr 30, 2004, at 11:57 AM, Timothy Miller wrote: > > Quite true. This isn't about religion. It's about people's right to > choose how they license their the code they write. > > This is about copyright law and our right to choose what others we can > do with what we have copyrighted. We fully agree about the importance and sanctity of these rights. > > While I agree that there is a political agenda behind the GPL, we have > to respect the rights of those who choose to apply it as a license to > their creative works. Absolutely and likewise, the rights of those who choose not to release their own independently developed works under the GPL should be respected. > > And furthermore, having a political agenda is not inherently wrong. Sure, but it is imho generally better to maintain reasonable balance and serve the "common good" rather than specific political interests. However that is purely personal opinion and everyone is free to choose/practice their political ideals, preferably without stepping onto others. Marc - 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/