From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S266616AbUH0Q6u (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:58:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S266622AbUH0Q6u (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:58:50 -0400 Received: from [213.146.154.40] ([213.146.154.40]:39563 "EHLO pentafluge.infradead.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S266616AbUH0Q6s (ORCPT ); Fri, 27 Aug 2004 12:58:48 -0400 Subject: Re: Summarizing the PWC driver questions/answers From: David Woodhouse To: Greg KH Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-usb-devel@lists.sourceforge.net In-Reply-To: <20040827162613.GB32244@kroah.com> References: <20040827162613.GB32244@kroah.com> Content-Type: text/plain Message-Id: <1093625925.14552.16180.camel@hades.cambridge.redhat.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: Ximian Evolution 1.4.6 (1.4.6-2.dwmw2.1) Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2004 17:58:46 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-SRS-Rewrite: SMTP reverse-path rewritten from by pentafluge.infradead.org See http://www.infradead.org/rpr.html Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Fri, 2004-08-27 at 09:26 -0700, Greg KH wrote: > Q: But you took away my freedom! Isn't Linux about freedom? The GPL provides is a very _specific_ kind of freedom. It has its own restrictions -- in many ways it's less free than if we were to just release our code to the public domain, or under a BSD-style licence. That is intentional. > Q: You are keeping companies from wanting to write binary drivers for > Linux. Again, that is intentional. People are free to go use BSD if the GPL is not compatible with their desires. Or Windows, perhaps. People seem to be whining that Linux is released under the GPL instead of a BSD licence. Perhaps the users concerned should be gently encouraged to go elsewhere? Linus was _joking_ when he said 'world domination'. -- dwmw2