From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S965073AbXBVA24 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:28:56 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S965114AbXBVA24 (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:28:56 -0500 Received: from an-out-0708.google.com ([209.85.132.246]:42609 "EHLO an-out-0708.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S965073AbXBVA2y (ORCPT ); Wed, 21 Feb 2007 19:28:54 -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=OuszrYLI1Ij8JYo9KOVSiqm48DmPiohDZJEO0UrjpN58JcquhkjfdAQM/5FXyreNJDWxDYbetQPR26zqFZ+Y7XNq9HxFSA4qTkA+NsOOk8Nsj4oZyzUqOjPZrFOxJU8E/ut8b3u+ooUw7eAmicocstkrrFXptQ+rE0y1FaUb1/s= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 21 Feb 2007 16:28:52 -0800 From: "Michael K. Edwards" To: "David Lang" Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers Cc: davids@webmaster.com, "v j" , trent.waddington@gmail.com, "Linux-Kernel@Vger. Kernel. Org" , "Neil Brown" In-Reply-To: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <3d57814d0702191458l1021caeyaefd7775398c5f2a@mail.gmail.com> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org I think you just misread. I said that the Evil Linker has cheerfully shipped the source code of the modified POP server. He may not have given you the compiler he compiled it with, wihout which the source code is a nice piece of literature but of no engineering utility; but that's the situation the GPL is DESIGNED TO PRODUCE. Cheers, - Michael