Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1423256AbXBPFQR (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:17 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1423257AbXBPFQR (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:17 -0500 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:34377 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1423256AbXBPFQQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:16 -0500 Message-ID: <45D53E19.2050100@garzik.org> Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:09 -0500 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 1.5.0.9 (X11/20070130) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alexandre Oliva CC: "Michael K. Edwards" , 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> <45D4FCC7.2090206@garzik.org> In-Reply-To: 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: 1055 Lines: 31 Alexandre Oliva wrote: > On Feb 15, 2007, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >> Michael K. Edwards wrote: >>> On 2/15/07, Jeff Garzik wrote: > >>>> 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. > > The same FSF that wrote the GPL, no less ;-) > >> In the context of the Linux kernel, I'm referring to the original >> reason why Linus chose the GPL for the Linux kernel. > > If he chose it for this reason, he chose the wrong license. The GPL Strange, then, how its been so successful in funelling back contributions. 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/