Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S934081AbXIBCBH (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 22:01:07 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1757801AbXIBCAx (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 22:00:53 -0400 Received: from srv5.dvmed.net ([207.36.208.214]:56176 "EHLO mail.dvmed.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754466AbXIBCAv (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 Sep 2007 22:00:51 -0400 Message-ID: <46DA194F.9030303@garzik.org> Date: Sat, 01 Sep 2007 22:00:47 -0400 From: Jeff Garzik User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.5 (X11/20070719) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: "Constantine A. Murenin" CC: Theo de Raadt , Bob Beck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org, misc@openbsd.org Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing References: <20070902000226.GE24887@bofh.cns.ualberta.ca> <200709020036.l820aaNf014181@cvs.openbsd.org> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: -4.3 (----) X-Spam-Report: SpamAssassin version 3.1.9 on srv5.dvmed.net summary: Content analysis details: (-4.3 points, 5.0 required) Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 824 Lines: 24 Constantine A. Murenin wrote: > Indeed, it's upsetting that people like Luis Rodriguez push for the > lawyers to be involved to (fight?) an open source project. Why, may I > ask? Is it not self-evident? Legal review is the sane course of action, when legal issues are the bone of contention. That said, Linux people are far more pragmatic than FSF people, and often disagree with the FSF. I would not take an FSF lawyer's word as Gospel. Theo manages to confuse "Linux" and "FSF" quite often, but that's characteristic of his muddled thinking and inexperience. Jeff - 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/