linux-kernel - Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

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Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 00:16:09 -0500
From:	Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org>
To:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
CC:	"Michael K. Edwards" <medwards.linux@...il.com>,
	v j <vj.linux@...il.com>, Theodore Tso <tytso@....edu>,
	Dave Jones <davej@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

Alexandre Oliva wrote:
> On Feb 15, 2007, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
> 
>> Michael K. Edwards wrote:
>>> On 2/15/07, Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> wrote:
> 
>>>> The /whole point/ of the GPL is to funnel contributions back.
> 
>>> Bzzzt.  The whole point of the GPL is to "guarantee your freedom to
>>> share and change free software--to make sure the software is free for
>>> all its users."
> 
>> No, that's the FSF marketing fluff you've been taught to recite.
> 
> The same FSF that wrote the GPL, no less ;-)
> 
>> In the context of the Linux kernel, I'm referring to the original
>> reason why Linus chose the GPL for the Linux kernel.
> 
> If he chose it for this reason, he chose the wrong license.  The GPL

Strange, then, how its been so successful in funelling back contributions.

	Jeff


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