Subject: Re: GPL Violation?
From: Xavier Bestel <xavier.bestel@free.fr>
To: Ian Stirling <ian.stirling@mauve.plus.com>
Cc: James Courtier-Dutton <James@superbug.co.uk>,
       Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>,
       Anonymous User <anonymouslinuxuser@gmail.com>,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
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On Fri, 2006-08-18 at 01:26, Ian Stirling wrote:

> Well...
> The problem is that in many cases AIUI, a large entry barrier to
> someone taking CPU A, chip B, sticking it in a box, and selling
> it, is that there is no linux driver for chip B.
> If you (as someone who does not make chip B) release the GPL'd
> driver, then you're making it a fair bit easier for competitors,
> who can now simply copy your often not very novel in any way
> other than you thought of it first - design, and use that driver.

Well, AFAIK that's *exactely* the kind of behavior the GPL was made to
avoid. No wonder you should talk to a lawyer if you want to circumvent
it.

	Xav

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