Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753062AbWLORoX (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:44:23 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1753065AbWLORoW (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:44:22 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.237]:61418 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1753061AbWLORoV (ORCPT ); Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:44:21 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:sender:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=LT2criMUaHVuBKsvu2/g137zh3uDRaCGVycXwgWyINvkkUGOU5OOW6bcZ3ir95zXnhf9XPVyCJ3fPtdjvclMlnbEC9NwdyoNgdmBzRD3+HSR5W5OwYab3QYPqFCfDxgEB+SabeBSCh8JuHYAdE6ADoK1MbAiqeB45FJwBWtpJw4= Message-ID: <161717d50612150944u2dd36425u9dea25c7f3aa2da3@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 12:44:20 -0500 From: "Dave Neuer" To: "Jeff V. Merkey" Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] Cc: "Scott Preece" , "Chris Wedgwood" , "Eric Sandeen" , "Christoph Hellwig" , "Linus Torvalds" , "Jeff Garzik" , "Greg KH" , "Jonathan Corbet" , "Andrew Morton" , "Martin Bligh" , "Michael K. Edwards" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <4581A75C.9020509@wolfmountaingroup.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20061214003246.GA12162@suse.de> <458171C1.3070400@garzik.org> <20061214170841.GA11196@tuatara.stupidest.org> <20061214173827.GC3452@infradead.org> <20061214175253.GB12498@tuatara.stupidest.org> <458194B8.1090309@sandeen.net> <20061214183956.GA13692@tuatara.stupidest.org> <7b69d1470612141142k63cc7d11l89c0a7f26acc631a@mail.gmail.com> <4581A75C.9020509@wolfmountaingroup.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: f1fd828a1bb565bc Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1359 Lines: 33 On 12/14/06, Jeff V. Merkey wrote: > > This whole effort is pointless. This is the same kind of crap MICROSOFT > DOES to create incompatibilities > DELIBERATELY. The code is either FREE or its NOT FREE. > > All someone has to do or say is. > > "... I did not ever accept the GPL license with the FREE code I was > given. They said the code was FREE, and I took them > at their word. .." At which point, hopefully everyone in that courtroom besides the idiot who says this knows the difference between a license and a contract. If anyone doesn't, they can be referred to: "5. You are not required to accept this License, since you have not signed it. However, nothing else grants you permission to modify or distribute the Program or its derivative works. These actions are prohibited by law if you do not accept this License." The code is free, as in "redistributable at no charge as long as you adhere to the terms of the license." Your estoppel argument seems too confused between laches, promissory estoppel and statutes of limitations to even make sense of, sorry. Dave - 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/