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

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Message-ID: <9b3a62ab0702150040i593d4f25p4beb7fcd1a81f9a8@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 00:40:31 -0800
From:	"v j" <vj.linux@...il.com>
To:	"Richard Knutsson" <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se>
Cc:	"Arjan van de Ven" <arjan@...radead.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: GPL vs non-GPL device drivers

Oh, I am sorry. Seems like the German courts have spoken. I am not
sure about what, but they have spoken. Sorry for the confusion.

On 2/15/07, Richard Knutsson <ricknu-0@...dent.ltu.se> wrote:
> v j wrote:
> > On 2/14/07, Arjan van de Ven <arjan@...radead.org> wrote:
> >> On Wed, 2007-02-14 at 21:16 -0800, v j wrote:
> >> > This is in reference to the following thread:
> >> >
> >> > http://lkml.org/lkml/2006/12/14/63
> >> >
> >> > I am not sure if this is ever addressed in LKML, but linux is _very_
> >> > popular in the embedded space. We (an embedded vendor) chose Linux 3
> >> > years back because of its lack of royalty model, robustness and
> >> > availability of infinite number of open-source tools.
> >>
> >>
> >> I think you have a bit of a misunderstanding... Linux is not royalty
> >> free. Just the royalty is not in the form of cash, but in the form of
> >> having to give your improvements back to the open source world.
> >
> > Sure. But this is not legally binding.
> Please clarify!
> http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/04/07/23/1558219.shtml?tid=117&tid=123
>
> Richard Knutsson
>
>
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