Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932721AbXBONQs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:16:48 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932723AbXBONQs (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:16:48 -0500 Received: from tmailer.gwdg.de ([134.76.10.23]:46225 "EHLO tmailer.gwdg.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932721AbXBONQq (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 08:16:46 -0500 Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:14:10 +0100 (MET) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Trent Waddington cc: Dave Jones , Xavier Bestel , Mohammed Gamal , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers In-Reply-To: <3d57814d0702150335q19a6b682l97c1d6e835ab71c0@mail.gmail.com> Message-ID: References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070214231143.11ff6b46.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <9b3a62ab0702142328h87365b6i932d4f2c117f7f0e@mail.gmail.com> <1171533690.5835.40.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> <52d4a3890702150251w7751da0cve55c6f2cf64e1b8e@mail.gmail.com> <1171537256.5835.60.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> <20070215111559.GA8353@redhat.com> <3d57814d0702150335q19a6b682l97c1d6e835ab71c0@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Spam-Report: Content analysis: 0.0 points, 6.0 required _SUMMARY_ Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 597 Lines: 20 Hi, On Feb 15 2007 21:35, Trent Waddington wrote: > > I, personally, don't know why anyone who owned copyright on any GPL > software and had no desire to enforce that copyright, would not offer > to assign their copyright to the FSF so they can defend it.. but I > imagine people have their reasons. They would possibly change it to GPLv3. Jan -- - 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/