From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S262451AbUEAWsf (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 May 2004 18:48:35 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S262468AbUEAWse (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 May 2004 18:48:34 -0400 Received: from fw.osdl.org ([65.172.181.6]:652 "EHLO mail.osdl.org") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S262451AbUEAWsd (ORCPT ); Sat, 1 May 2004 18:48:33 -0400 Date: Sat, 1 May 2004 15:48:28 -0700 (PDT) From: Linus Torvalds To: Marc Boucher cc: Sean Estabrooks , rusty@rustcorp.com.au, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, riel@redhat.com, tconnors+linuxkernel1083378452@astro.swin.edu.au, mbligh@aracnet.com, nico@cam.org Subject: Re: [PATCH] clarify message and give support contact for non-GPL modules In-Reply-To: <3F6634E3-9BB9-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> Message-ID: References: <772768DC-9BA3-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> <20040501205336.GA27607@valve.mbsi.ca> <20040501173450.006bae55.seanlkml@rogers.com> <3F6634E3-9BB9-11D8-B83D-000A95BCAC26@linuxant.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org On Sat, 1 May 2004, Marc Boucher wrote: > > I think that your wording is problematic, because: No. You seem to believe that you can get something for nothing. Wrong. You offer nothing to the open-source community, you get nothing back. That means very much that people don't support what you're doing, and you should realize that as far as the rest of the kernel is concerned, you ARE tainting it. The GPL is about a symbiotic relationship, where people help each other. In contrast, a binary module is a parasite - giving nothing back to the community. So live with that fact. Don't try to make it look like anything else. Linus