Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1161514AbXBOWV2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:21:28 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1161523AbXBOWV2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:21:28 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:59824 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1161514AbXBOWV2 (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:21:28 -0500 Message-ID: <45D4DCE3.9070002@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:21:23 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070130) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: v j CC: Theodore Tso , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070215165339.GB5285@thunk.org> <9b3a62ab0702151020k5bd0e4c9w763e1b01288ccc4f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <9b3a62ab0702151020k5bd0e4c9w763e1b01288ccc4f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.7 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 827 Lines: 24 v j wrote: > So far I have heard nothing but, "if you don't contribute, screw you." > All this is fine. Just say so. Make it black and white. Make it It is black and white in copyright law and the GPL. The /whole point/ of the GPL is to funnel contributions back. We happen to think there are solid engineering reasons for this. Customers think there are solid reasons for this. Libre activists think there are freedom aspects to this. But ignoring all the justifications, it /is/ the letter of the law. And you are expected to follow it, just like everybody else. Jeff - 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/