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

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Date:	Fri, 16 Feb 2007 02:20:54 -0200
From:	Alexandre Oliva <aoliva@...hat.com>
To:	Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com>
Cc:	v j <vj.linux@...il.com>,
	Trent Waddington <trent.waddington@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

On Feb 15, 2007, Chris Snook <csnook@...hat.com> wrote:

> v j wrote:

>> You don't get it do you. Our source code is meaningless to the Open
>> Source community at large.

You don't have to offer it to the community at large.  You only have
to pass it on to your customers, under the terms of the GPL.

> Collaborating with the competition ("coopetition") on a common
> technology platform reduces costs for anyone who chooses to get
> involved, giving them a collective competitive edge against anyone who
> doesn't.

http://www.lsd.ic.unicamp.br/~oliva/papers/free-software/BMind.pdf

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