Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1751572AbXBOGPt (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:15:49 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751574AbXBOGPs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:15:48 -0500 Received: from cantor.suse.de ([195.135.220.2]:41088 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751572AbXBOGPs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:15:48 -0500 From: Neil Brown To: "v j" Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:15:12 +1100 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17875.64112.54164.635911@notabene.brown> Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers In-Reply-To: message from v j on Wednesday February 14 References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 X-face: [Gw_3E*Gng}4rRrKRYotwlE?.2|**#s9D > However we have a worrying trend here. If at some point it becomes > illegal to load our modules into the linux kernel, then it is > unacceptable to us. We would have been better off choosing VxWorks or > OSE 3 years ago when we made an OS choice. The fact that Linux is > becoming more and more closed is very very alarming. Might I suggest that you give very serious consideration to open-sourcing your drivers? There are benefits and well as costs, and many have found that the benefits substantially out weigh the costs. NeilBrown - 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/