Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964836AbVLFJRE (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 04:17:04 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932489AbVLFJRE (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 04:17:04 -0500 Received: from smtp6.wanadoo.fr ([193.252.22.25]:17696 "EHLO smtp6.wanadoo.fr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932484AbVLFJRD (ORCPT ); Tue, 6 Dec 2005 04:17:03 -0500 X-ME-UUID: 20051206091702444.0AD061C00235@mwinf0608.wanadoo.fr Subject: Re: Linux in a binary world... a doomsday scenario From: Xavier Bestel To: Tim Bird Cc: Andrea Arcangeli , David Woodhouse , arjan@infradead.org, andrew@walrond.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4394E750.8020205@am.sony.com> References: <1133779953.9356.9.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <200512051826.06703.andrew@walrond.org> <1133817575.11280.18.camel@localhost.localdomain> <1133817888.9356.78.camel@laptopd505.fenrus.org> <1133819684.11280.38.camel@localhost.localdomain> <4394D396.1020102@am.sony.com> <20051206005341.GN28539@opteron.random> <4394E750.8020205@am.sony.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1133860612.1615.110.camel@capoeira> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.5 (1.4.5-1) Date: Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:16:52 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 592 Lines: 16 On Tue, 2005-12-06 at 02:20, Tim Bird wrote: > > The _GPL tag is useful as an hint to binary only vendors as as such it > > makes perfect sense. > Well, if it makes sense to have developers giving out legal > advice, then I guess so. You seem to imply that kernel developers have no legitimity to give a hint on how to use what *they* created. - 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/