Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1754359AbXIBUXV (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:23:21 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1750737AbXIBUXG (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:23:06 -0400 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:38888 "EHLO ns.firmix.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1750806AbXIBUXF (ORCPT ); Sun, 2 Sep 2007 16:23:05 -0400 Subject: Re: GPL weasels and the atheros stink From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: espie@nerim.net Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <20070902140306.GA27317@lain.home> References: <20070902140306.GA27317@lain.home> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 22:22:54 +0200 Message-Id: <1188764575.31863.8.camel@gimli.at.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.10.3 (2.10.3-2.fc7) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Firmix-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on ns.firmix.at X-Firmix-Spam-Score: -2.317 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Firmix-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.317 required=5 X-Spam-Score: -2.317 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Firmix-Envelope-From: X-Firmix-Envelope-To: Content-Disposition: inline Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1336 Lines: 32 On Sun, 2007-09-02 at 16:03 +0200, Marc Espie wrote: [...] > So, now, it's down to dirty fighting. Absorbing and `relicensing' and > evolving code. Have you all been bitten my RMS paranoia (that leads to > this `interesting GPLv3) ? Do you intend to keep grabbing BSD code and > putting it exclusively under the GPL ? AFAIK: I could take BSD- (or ISC-)licensed code (legally), patch it, sell it (nor not) and (legally) not give back anything putting the whole code effectively under proprietary license. And you can't do anything (except negative propaganda) independent if you are maintainer, author or whoever. And you seriously have a problem with GPLed patches (which is BTW more "open" since you cannot legally hide the changes once you gave a binary away - at least from the receiver of said binaries)? BTW it's the same as with other "open code": Take it or leave it - it's your decision. SCNR, Bernd -- Firmix Software GmbH http://www.firmix.at/ mobil: +43 664 4416156 fax: +43 1 7890849-55 Embedded Linux Development and Services - 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/