Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1758909AbYBGNPW (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:15:22 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1752728AbYBGNPI (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:15:08 -0500 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:34790 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752590AbYBGNPH (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 08:15:07 -0500 Message-ID: <47AB0457.6040108@davidnewall.com> Date: Thu, 07 Feb 2008 23:45:03 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Greg KH CC: Christer Weinigel , Marcel Holtmann , Pekka Enberg , linux-usb@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] USB: mark USB drivers as being GPL only References: <20080125180232.GA4613@kroah.com> <20080202123710.42df1aa0@weinigel.se> <20080202191930.GA19826@kroah.com> <47A5D9CD.5070001@davidnewall.com> <84144f020802030743j1278ac64j2ee3e2cbc5c3fefc@mail.gmail.com> <47A5E67D.9040804@davidnewall.com> <1202058820.15090.60.camel@violet> <20080205203418.GA5819@kroah.com> <20080206211448.78c1a23f@weinigel.se> <20080206202810.GA16257@kroah.com> In-Reply-To: <20080206202810.GA16257@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1272 Lines: 30 Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Feb 06, 2008 at 09:14:48PM +0100, Christer Weinigel wrote: > >> On Tue, 5 Feb 2008 12:34:18 -0800 >> Greg KH wrote: >> >> >>> In the end, it's up to the copyright holders to enforce the license. >>> And as I have stated in the past, a number of them have made public >>> statements as to what they think about this issue. And it corresponds >>> exactly with what Marcel has stated above. >>> >>> So if you wish to violate the copyright of others, you take the risk >>> that you might be caught and punished, something that you and your >>> legal council needs to take into account. >>> >> So when do you sue Nvidia, ATI, Atheros, Broadcom[1], >> M-Systems/Sandisk[2] or Nokia? All those companies distribute binary >> drivers for Linux without providing source code? >> > > How do you know that such legal action isn't already happening? Is it? Or are you falsely implying that it is? I hope it is; that will help add fact to an otherwise opinion-ridden topic. -- 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/