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

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Message-ID:  <mj+md-20070215.115019.3837.camellia@ucw.cz>
Date:	Thu, 15 Feb 2007 12:52:09 +0100
From:	Martin Mares <mj@....cz>
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

Hello!

> >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.

Maybe it's not, but it certainly doesn't mean that the kernel developers
should try to make your life easier, especially if they believe that what
you do is unethical.

				Have a nice fortnight
-- 
Martin `MJ' Mares                          <mj@....cz>   http://mj.ucw.cz/
Faculty of Math and Physics, Charles University, Prague, Czech Rep., Earth
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