Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965550AbXBRBvg (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:51:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965554AbXBRBvg (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:51:36 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.184]:37883 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965550AbXBRBvf (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:51:35 -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=hIGcypqmOIevZ1p+fwfKZUGzf/qIAoteLM3Z/VUAdiGMlluJTfn6IYqzOylM8shMpxp8f4/lwyF0jSM01BPJQBe7tX4u27F+y6BDdSoQjQgfuin4O/tWJLe275HzA00SHQ5fvvNE5S7mvRG3TKU8JtWzcVINtpqY9FXPl6FsmRc= Message-ID: <3d57814d0702171751g1bec986fh7c671e18144a4257@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 11:51:33 +1000 From: "Trent Waddington" To: "David Lang" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , "Neil Brown" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <20070216125353.GN13958@stusta.de> <3d57814d0702171726l403c7812n19f2a226cba02e5d@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 706 Lines: 18 On 2/18/07, David Lang wrote: > by this same logic the EULA's that various commercial vendors use are > completely valid, > > it doesn't matter what the intent is if it's not a legal thing to require. Yes, it does matter.. the author of the work has defined the terms under which you may use it.. if you don't like it, don't use the work. There's a name for people who look at everything in terms of "you can't make me". 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/