Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1422899AbXBPAhe (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:37:34 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1422895AbXBPAhe (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:37:34 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:32905 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1422899AbXBPAhd (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:37:33 -0500 Message-ID: <45D4FCC7.2090206@garzik.org> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:37:27 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070130) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Michael K. Edwards" CC: v j , 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> <45D4DCE3.9070002@garzik.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; 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: 966 Lines: 28 Michael K. Edwards wrote: > On 2/15/07, Jeff Garzik wrote: >> 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. > > Bzzzt. The whole point of the GPL is to "guarantee your freedom to > share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for > all its users." No, that's the FSF marketing fluff you've been taught to recite. In the context of the Linux kernel, I'm referring to the original reason why Linus chose the GPL for the Linux kernel. 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/