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

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Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 18:35:22 +1000
From:	"Trent Waddington" <trent.waddington@...il.com>
To:	"Neil Brown" <neilb@...e.de>
Cc:	"v j" <vj.linux@...il.com>, "Randy Dunlap" <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	"Dave Jones" <davej@...hat.com>, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

On 2/15/07, Neil Brown <neilb@...e.de> wrote:
> And as I understand it, an important principle in out community is
> freedom.  If vj wants to take a particular moral/ethical stance, then
> he should be free to do that.  Of course he will have to live with any
> consequences, as do we all.

Yes, and one of the consequences is that people who disagree with his
stance tell him off for it.  Him, and everyone else who profits from
distributing GPL licensed code without abiding by the very simple
requirements of the GPL are parasites.  They should stop.  Legally
they might not be required to.. and some of the best legal minds in
the world think they are, if only the copyright holders would sue
already.. but that's just a side issue.

Trent
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