Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423036AbXBPCMw (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:12:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423032AbXBPCMw (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:12:52 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.172]:1230 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423036AbXBPCMv (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 21:12:51 -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=VN5QkNBJv+32pxFuH11f1Zx9BFsHr3MvBvjsH8k9iBFHPgDh3VNB+eb11gwkBA/6sf8U5xSBrcQ+v26Uh+JBRCHAc/tvX9ndiEMDdSd0OwC/rmBTvltD9urwv5w9m/wfMzBOSuNxSc2aLUmLBf/2v1+x3Co7T+mngycBxzzRHj8= Message-ID: <3d57814d0702151812w7759572chf17db16f7ad8777@mail.gmail.com> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 12:12:44 +1000 From: "Trent Waddington" To: "Jeff Garzik" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: "Michael K. Edwards" , "v j" , "Theodore Tso" , "Dave Jones" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <45D4FCC7.2090206@garzik.org> 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> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070215165339.GB5285@thunk.org> <9b3a62ab0702151020k5bd0e4c9w763e1b01288ccc4f@mail.gmail.com> <45D4DCE3.9070002@garzik.org> <45D4FCC7.2090206@garzik.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 876 Lines: 19 On 2/16/07, Jeff Garzik wrote: > 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. Great.. The reason why Greg KH, the guy who wrote the bit of code that vj claims he wants to link to but can't, chose the GPL for *his* code is clearly not the same as the reason why Linux chose the GPL. Exactly what that reason is, will be best left to Greg to say, but I'm pretty sure it has to do with what you call "marketing fluff" and the rest of us call the moral imperative. 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/