Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965527AbXBSXSN (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:18:13 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965154AbXBSXSN (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:18:13 -0500 Received: from wr-out-0506.google.com ([64.233.184.234]:2175 "EHLO wr-out-0506.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965527AbXBSXSN (ORCPT ); Mon, 19 Feb 2007 18:18:13 -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=SN9Hqg3CTYi0fWJmN3DArMnEOVPsIMWyNuxPWH+09iswz1Gc1Zvqi6/31uC+ixa0YdiAi54IDYWEPUqkaTYNJebbgsAkkZCvyF2z3NdGz9eWw5ljFDBliJGkgEpzE476x+ZbrQSPUp6Elyi9DMQNgXM7GeBpN7WM5DEkx8wa5KI= Message-ID: Date: Mon, 19 Feb 2007 15:18:11 -0800 From: "Michael K. Edwards" To: "Trent Waddington" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , "Neil Brown" In-Reply-To: <3d57814d0702191458l1021caeyaefd7775398c5f2a@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3d57814d0702171726l403c7812n19f2a226cba02e5d@mail.gmail.com> <3d57814d0702191255l2ef21f72rf7d999a62c4ec19a@mail.gmail.com> <3d57814d0702191426m2fc3c1c6had125a2db165befe@mail.gmail.com> <3d57814d0702191458l1021caeyaefd7775398c5f2a@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 960 Lines: 20 On 2/19/07, Trent Waddington wrote: > Of course, now you're going to argue that there's no such thing as an > "incompatible license" or "mere aggregation" and that these are just > words that were made up for the GPL, so they can be ignored.. another > pointless semantic argument because it doesn't change the very simple > fact that you don't have any rights to copy the work unless you have a > license and you don't have a license if you fail to abide the > conditions of the license. I don't have to argue these points, because they're obvious to anyone who cares to do their own homework. Appellate court decisions _are_ the law, my friend; read 'em and weep. Cheers, - Michael - 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/