Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932305AbXBPNaF (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:30:05 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S932310AbXBPNaE (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:30:04 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.231]:35718 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S932305AbXBPNaD (ORCPT ); Fri, 16 Feb 2007 08:30:03 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=AFrFixeQbaNKF3w2ir9H9zCOVkgDjFwV9R2OwPQze9n4Q+X/D1gdfar7Dc1TBKNfDOK8uc+x+8Vs2lGhquZwnNHI9ZRhqprwpC44kx5SZ/fBhhF0W/RGDGMKn64prNvUyEEE3RZizvpxKFrJFHATk9h3TyeR8kIkUNPqQd1poUw= Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2007 05:29:52 -0800 From: Joshua Simmons To: davids@webmaster.com Cc: "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Message-Id: <20070216052952.065cad3f.jas6180@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: References: <20070216020050.e1955a72.jas6180@gmail.com> X-Mailer: Sylpheed version 2.2.10 (GTK+ 2.10.8; i386-redhat-linux-gnu) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1055 Lines: 22 > > Not one person is claiming they have a patent on whatever it is that > > V J's company is putting out (especially since we have no idea what > > that might be). Patents != copyright. > > That's exactly what they're doing. Knowing only the *function* of his > program, they are claiming it must obey their licensing terms. They have no > idea exactly how he chose to implement that function, but claim they must > own it anyway. They are not claiming ownership of his code. They are claiming ownership of THEIR code. V J is taking their code, adding on to it and selling the result. Without the GPL, V J cannot legally do this. With the GPL, he can legally do this IF he also gives out the complete source. I fail to see how anything you are saying absolves him of this requirement. Joshua Simmons - 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/