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

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 19:24:04 +1100
From:	Nick Piggin <nickpiggin@...oo.com.au>
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

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

>> If your mindset is "how much can I take take take without giving back
>> back back" then personally I think you're sort of acting like a parasite
>> in this context....
> 
> 
> Ok so are thousands of others who are using Linux as their OS of
> choice in embedded systems. They are not doing this because they are
> eager to give back back. They are doing it because Linux provides
> compelling reasons for them to choose it. They could have very well
> chosen VxWorks or OSE too. They chose not to, but not because they
> were unwilling to be a parasite.

I can't control how people think or the reasons behind their actions. Nor
do I care. All I care about is that I don't have parasites hanging off me.

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