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Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2007 07:05:49 +0100 From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com> To: Jeff Garzik <jeff@...zik.org> CC: "Jonathan A. George" <jageorge@...tin.rr.com>, Matthew Jacob <lydianconcepts@...il.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org Subject: Re: "GPL weasels and the atheros stink" Jeff Garzik wrote: > Jonathan A. George wrote: >> ... But is it _ethical_ (as opposed to legal) to violate the expressed >> intent of the original author ... > > The author expresses his intent primarily by choice of license text, and > it's very important to all of us that we follow the rules set forth by > the author in that license text. > I have released software on more on one occasion where I have given a very liberal license (like MIT), and then put a "however, if you like this, X would be appreciated." I wouldn't consider it unethical if someone didn't obey the optional request (it's optional for a reason), however, it does mean that I do genuinely appreciate someone doing X. So there is a difference between what is legal and ethical, and what is the nice/friendly thing to do. -hpa - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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