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Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:24:04 +1100
From: Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@yahoo.com.au>
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To: v j <vj.linux@gmail.com>
CC: Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org>, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers
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v j wrote:
> On 2/14/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@infradead.org> wrote:

>> If your mindset is "how much can I take take take without giving back
>> back back" then personally I think you're sort of acting like a parasite
>> in this context....
> 
> 
> Ok so are thousands of others who are using Linux as their OS of
> choice in embedded systems. They are not doing this because they are
> eager to give back back. They are doing it because Linux provides
> compelling reasons for them to choose it. They could have very well
> chosen VxWorks or OSE too. They chose not to, but not because they
> were unwilling to be a parasite.

I can't control how people think or the reasons behind their actions. Nor
do I care. All I care about is that I don't have parasites hanging off me.

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