Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S964921AbXBOG4R (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:56:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S964924AbXBOG4R (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:56:17 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.171]:2729 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S964921AbXBOG4Q (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 01:56:16 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=rvn2XzQfeeT/TBB4ChGcfJ9flpq8pD6giN6F5P/FtnNOKfoYtdfGyFQu9UUd+2rKapcT630U7kAnJ0IPXJoNdGLwgWLmAjvc0q/1scKqjRtsdEANoITCVz7k3NymqVMWK/L+OVd6ZT1scZzfHRYpXrzeyPP7cH7Ov4NFywY/Ni4= Message-ID: <3d57814d0702142256p575e52efn26922bfdcc80d177@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 16:56:14 +1000 From: "Trent Waddington" To: "v j" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <9b3a62ab0702142246r7e4eac4bv26c2ed46ff588871@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <3d57814d0702142147p4eede234ybc9880a38772f55f@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142214p5c33a02am7e783c59ae0a64f1@mail.gmail.com> <3d57814d0702142235i687f8481x4eb72269e7f7fa9b@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142246r7e4eac4bv26c2ed46ff588871@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 802 Lines: 24 On 2/15/07, v j wrote: > You don't get it do you. I think everyone on the list was thinking the same thing about you. > We are only _using_ Linux. Yes, I think we all can see that. > Using our source code would not benefit anybody but our competitors. Without knowing what your drivers are, I can't argue about this. Maybe someday, embedded devices will move into the 21st century and I'll be able to get a DVD player, microwave oven or home security system that is user programmable, but I doubt your company will make it. Trent - 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/