Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161233AbWLPRIm (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:08:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161235AbWLPRIm (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:08:42 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:53778 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161233AbWLPRIl (ORCPT ); Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:08:41 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=beta; d=gmail.com; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=YqYhzdO3eTenx1n3eGpc6xtLeLHJX483vlbb6YS0vDFynU6LY3HttKAteBiXwpBFDVoOCGs9OjtRdYc3k/nW4b9mvRvE6Fx5mhVryMZ0ckOczhj0uWPnkgOj5uAzRy/5kvebQcSlulc1U9Ky0P/Q1YhNxza/fSH90uU2fEhvC1A= Message-ID: <934f64a20612160908q284e1e29te167204b7a069184@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2006 11:08:40 -0600 From: "David Nicol" To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL only modules [was Re: [GIT PATCH] more Driver core patches for 2.6.19] In-Reply-To: <20061216012721.47be92f3@localhost.localdomain> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <1166226982.12721.78.camel@localhost> <20061216012721.47be92f3@localhost.localdomain> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1071 Lines: 28 On 12/15/06, Alan wrote: > > blather and idiotic hogwash. "Information" doesn't want to be free, nor is > > it somethign you should fight for or necessarily even encourage. > > As a pedant that is the one item I have to pick you up on Linus. > Information wants to be free, the natural efficient economic state of > information is generally free in both senses. I have often thought that "information wants to be free" is a meaningless phrase that tends to stop arguments because it is difficult to understand the words in it. Raw data does not act without agent. The universe does tend towards increasing entropy however. Here's a fun thought experiment: If you burn a book do you free the words? -- He thought he could organize freedom how naive and controlling of him (Bjork, then some) - 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/