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

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Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:13:35 -0200
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	"v j" <vj.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

On Feb 15, 2007, "v j" <vj.linux@...il.com> wrote:

> On 2/14/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:

>> I think you have a bit of a misunderstanding... Linux is not royalty
>> free. Just the royalty is not in the form of cash, but in the form of
>> having to give your improvements back to the open source world.

It's not giving back, it's giving forward.  Improvements don't have to
go back, but whoever receives them must receive them under the same
license.

> Sure. But this is not legally binding.

Indeed, you don't have to give it back or give it forward.  It's just
that, if you don't comply with the license, you don't have permission
to distribute the software at all.

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