From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965303AbXBOIfZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:35:25 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965304AbXBOIfZ (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:35:25 -0500 Received: from ug-out-1314.google.com ([66.249.92.169]:56487 "EHLO ug-out-1314.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965303AbXBOIfY (ORCPT ); Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:35:24 -0500 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=beta; h=received:message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; b=cCgd7AAQ5TwElyzzJFSs8lARNyK4FbxX7PqhV47WWzSD+duTELo9YLap+xnGMOClf/W2zG0CVwOn+5Fig2gLgf4t+ZuvNsPJpvg+vGSMf8BzXUzNSLaE9WFLIczCNsCEWg/CIl+61miaXkdsuv5wELXkIeAGw099CcQS+xD7mJ8= Message-ID: <3d57814d0702150035v48655edp81f0552d4dc33e41@mail.gmail.com> Date: Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:35:22 +1000 From: "Trent Waddington" To: "Neil Brown" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: "v j" , "Randy Dunlap" , "Dave Jones" , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org In-Reply-To: <17876.5566.445336.542652@notabene.brown> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <9b3a62ab0702142115m4ea7d2c0m6869eb64ef3ee14e@mail.gmail.com> <9b3a62ab0702142116n4069e16cl1bc8f546f41d935@mail.gmail.com> <20070215061149.GE15654@redhat.com> <9b3a62ab0702142227j19386132s870a0e745cfbb8d1@mail.gmail.com> <20070214231143.11ff6b46.rdunlap@xenotime.net> <9b3a62ab0702142328h87365b6i932d4f2c117f7f0e@mail.gmail.com> <17876.3862.261014.44098@notabene.brown> <3d57814d0702142353n2d856f32k7b8d7909ea69cb04@mail.gmail.com> <17876.5566.445336.542652@notabene.brown> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On 2/15/07, Neil Brown wrote: > And as I understand it, an important principle in out community is > freedom. If vj wants to take a particular moral/ethical stance, then > he should be free to do that. Of course he will have to live with any > consequences, as do we all. Yes, and one of the consequences is that people who disagree with his stance tell him off for it. Him, and everyone else who profits from distributing GPL licensed code without abiding by the very simple requirements of the GPL are parasites. They should stop. Legally they might not be required to.. and some of the best legal minds in the world think they are, if only the copyright holders would sue already.. but that's just a side issue. Trent