Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1750706AbXBRD0w (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:26:52 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750709AbXBRD0w (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:26:52 -0500 Received: from nf-out-0910.google.com ([64.233.182.186]:51431 "EHLO nf-out-0910.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750706AbXBRD0v (ORCPT ); Sat, 17 Feb 2007 22:26:51 -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=sq0P85I1QqlR0TqKF385ziFIDSTmeWWWARqNvhwNOj0QhA0abKXCHVTn4NRHyAr3z+BWmOawXpYoryIRXMcw5qyxkaPkwLL4DRNs/tSvdDN3IJeGURVumtbsO+sueTgFEi/GFxK18w46It0qO2CWcTANx8tNczJw5j43MbdMDr0= Message-ID: <3d57814d0702171926v53812baeqaeeda326aa225acf@mail.gmail.com> Date: Sun, 18 Feb 2007 13:26:47 +1000 From: "Trent Waddington" To: "Michael K. Edwards" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: "Neil Brown" , davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" 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> <17878.48376.629016.49202@notabene.brown> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 821 Lines: 20 On 2/18/07, Michael K. Edwards wrote: > If you can > read that and still tolerate the stench of the FSF's argument that > linking against readline means they 0wn your source code, you have a > stronger stomach than I. Such a strange attitude.. to go to all this effort to quote carefully and correctly one set of people and to then total misconstrue the words of another. The FSF's argument in regards to readline is that you may not distribute readline with proprietary software linked to it. They don't claim they "0wn" your source code. 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/