Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:04:28 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:04:18 -0400 Received: from zeus.kernel.org ([204.152.189.113]:25063 "EHLO zeus.kernel.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:04:05 -0400 Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 19:04:24 +0200 From: Jan Niehusmann To: Ben Greear Cc: Tim Bird , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Input on the Non-GPL Modules - legal nonsense Message-ID: <20011022190424.A25819@gondor.com> In-Reply-To: <3BD1F5CC.20BF3F20@candelatech.com> <3BD438ED.360D0007@lineo.com> <3BD43BA5.B9E8E557@candelatech.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <3BD43BA5.B9E8E557@candelatech.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.3.23i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Mon, Oct 22, 2001 at 08:30:45AM -0700, Ben Greear wrote: > I'm not advocating this as a good thing to do, but I am curious: Can someone > else take action against this? I hope the answer is yes. This > whole thing begins to look like MS's attempts at securing digital music: > there are just too many ways around it. Either way, Yes, but with a significant difference: If somebody breaks MS's stuff, MS will probably try to sue him, but the person gets more popular. If somebody breaks GPL, there may be nobody to sue him, but it can easily make him a persona non grata in all kinds of free software and open source groups. Or, equivalently, if some corporation breaks GPL, this may cause some very bad PR. Jan - 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/