Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S932440AbYBGOdn (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:33:43 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760866AbYBGOdA (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:33:00 -0500 Received: from hawking.rebel.net.au ([203.20.69.83]:34871 "EHLO hawking.rebel.net.au" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760579AbYBGOc7 (ORCPT ); Thu, 7 Feb 2008 09:32:59 -0500 Message-ID: <47AB1698.4070908@davidnewall.com> Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2008 01:02:56 +1030 From: David Newall User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.6 (X11/20071022) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Alan Cox CC: Greg KH , Christer Weinigel , 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> <20080203124849.0226560f@weinigel.se> <84144f020802030635h3a9c4304n943d117e936f1c2d@mail.gmail.com> <47A5F418.6030104@weinigel.se> <20080203231530.GB15692@kroah.com> <20080205231724.729a7a60@core> <47AAFE91.1080104@davidnewall.com> <20080207140629.309c2a3f@core> In-Reply-To: <20080207140629.309c2a3f@core> 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: 606 Lines: 14 Alan Cox wrote: >> The contract (GPL) doesn't prevent me from using GPL work, in fact it >> encourages me. Neither can it impose conditions upon original work >> authored by a third party. >> > > First mistake: The GPL is not a contract it is a license. Mea culpa. It is indeed a licence, which I did and do know. I really did mean, "The licence (GPL)" -- 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/