Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1755947AbYBEJ4m (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 04:56:42 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1754117AbYBEJ4e (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 04:56:34 -0500 Received: from ns.firmix.at ([62.141.48.66]:3909 "EHLO ns.firmix.at" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1754022AbYBEJ4d (ORCPT ); Tue, 5 Feb 2008 04:56:33 -0500 Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only From: Bernd Petrovitsch To: David Newall Cc: Greg KH , Christer Weinigel , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <47A5D895.20300@davidnewall.com> References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> <47A5D895.20300@davidnewall.com> Content-Type: text/plain Organization: Firmix Software GmbH Date: Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:55:58 +0100 Message-Id: <1202205358.9770.18.camel@tara.firmix.at> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Evolution 2.8.3 (2.8.3-2.fc6) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Firmix-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.56 on ns.firmix.at X-Firmix-Spam-Score: -2.328 () AWL,BAYES_00,FORGED_RCVD_HELO,SPF_HELO_PASS,SPF_PASS X-Firmix-Spam-Status: No, hits=-2.328 required=5 X-Spam-Score: -2.328 () 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 List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1311 Lines: 32 On Mon, 2008-02-04 at 01:37 +1030, David Newall wrote: [...] > disadvantage Linux with respect to many classes of devices, for example > GSM transceivers when used in those parts of the world^ where regulatory > requirements prohibit modification of power or frequency settings, which > effectively prohibits open-source driver. Are you sure that that is not only (the results of) propaganda of (certain) proprietary companies? Usually the *user* (at home, wherever) sets "illegal" values. So it's the users responsibility and the manufacturer, importer or sellers don't care (if only that can't prevent other "illegal" actions like "beating some to death with $WLAN_ROUTER"). Or do you get a gun manufacturer before court just because someone committed a crime with a its gun? Feel free to use other comparisons like "knifes" or "cars" if you need more harmless examples .... 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/