Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965717AbXIBLlD (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 07:41:03 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965619AbXIBLkp (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 07:40:45 -0400 Received: from sovereign.computergmbh.de ([85.214.69.204]:50196 "EHLO sovereign.computergmbh.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965608AbXIBLko (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 07:40:44 -0400 Date: Sun, 2 Sep 2007 13:40:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Jan Engelhardt To: Theo de Raadt cc: Bob Beck , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-wireless@vger.kernel.org, netdev@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: Fwd: That whole "Linux stealing our code" thing In-Reply-To: <200709020036.l820aaNf014181@cvs.openbsd.org> Message-ID: References: <200709020036.l820aaNf014181@cvs.openbsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 700 Lines: 20 On Sep 1 2007 18:36, Theo de Raadt wrote: > >When companies have taken our wireless device drivers, many many of >them have given changes and fixes back. Some maybe didn't, but that >is OK. For companies it's ok, but for linux people it is not? (1) You do not know how much of the modifications companies did are actually returned (2) You do not know whether the ath5k linux part authors will give back at a later point (much like companies) - 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/