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

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:55:20 +1100
From:	Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de>
To:	"v j" <vj.linux@...il.com>
Cc:	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

On Wednesday February 14, vj.linux@...il.com wrote:
> You don't get it do you. Our source code is meaningless to the Open
> Source community at large. It is only useful to our tiny set of
> competitors that have nothing to do with Linux. The Embedded space is
> very specific. We are only _using_ Linux. Just as we could have used
> VxWorks or OSE. Using our source code would not benefit anybody but
> our competitors. 

It would also benefit your *customers*.  And you might find that
providing such benefits increases the number of your customers.

NeilBrown
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