Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S966272AbXBPJoQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:44:16 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S966273AbXBPJoQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:44:16 -0500 Received: from smtp24.orange.fr ([193.252.22.27]:15411 "EHLO smtp24.orange.fr" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S966272AbXBPJoQ (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 04:44:16 -0500 X-ME-UUID: 20070216094414205.323D21C000B5@mwinf2453.orange.fr Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers From: Xavier Bestel To: Scott Preece Cc: Stuart MacDonald , v j , Randy Dunlap , Dave Jones , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <7b69d1470702151636y243919c0n5307eaf7d20499c2@mail.gmail.com> References: <9b3a62ab0702142328h87365b6i932d4f2c117f7f0e@mail.gmail.com> <000001c7511d$829e91c0$294b82ce@stuartm> <7b69d1470702151636y243919c0n5307eaf7d20499c2@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 10:44:07 +0100 Message-Id: <1171619047.5835.110.camel@frg-rhel40-em64t-03> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.0.2 (2.0.2-27) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 565 Lines: 16 On Thu, 2007-02-15 at 18:36 -0600, Scott Preece wrote: > if the drivers are for devices > proprietary to their hardware, then they have no real value to anyone > else. And the drivers MIGHT contain information useful to their actual > competitors. Don't you feel like a contradiction in those two sentences ? :) Xav - 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/